Topic: paint
I used Interlux Perfection, Mauritius blue. I sprayed 2 coats of 404 epoxy primer, sanded the first with 180 and the second with 220. As for the painting, what you see is 1 tack coat + medium wet coat allowed to tack (1/2 hr) and then a full wet coat overtop. The whole painting part only took about 2.5 hours. I guess you could call it 1.5 coats of paint. I had an air dryer hooked up, just a princes auto job with dessicant pellets in it. The paint flowed in for about 4 hours and then was good and hard in 3-4 days. It really glossed over in the first 12 hours of drying - was way shinier the next morning. I scrweed up a bit with the reducer - I used a 50/50 mix of 2316 and 2333, and I think this allowed the paint to flow out a bit too much, it started running in 1 spot about 15 minutes after I layed the coat on. Not too worried tho, I'll either buff it out and blow in some more paint, or just leave it cause you'll never see it from the water