TotalBoat Wet Edge Marine Topside Paint for Boats, Fiberglass, and Wood (Fire Red, 1 Quarts (Pack of 1))

Great top paint, paints smooth n great finish, not too much of a smell from the paint, the thickness is good just two coats, great value for the cost, high gloss finish

First, I had never painted a boat and was dubious about reports of near-spray quality results with any of the boat paints. My boat is old so I figured anything would be an improvement. I chose Total Boat mainly because it was easier through Amazon. I mixed two parts Yellow with one part Fighting Lady. (Can't add pigment. You have to mix Wet Edge paint instead).I was amazed at the smooth finish of the final paint job. I think that it is 85% of a spray job. If I had thought that it would turn out this well I would have been more careful with the primer coats and prep.Advice: Painting outdoors is challenging. Each coat takes several days to dry and then you have to fight rain, humidity and temperature. I finished it in the garage and it was a snap. For me, the primer was really thick, went on with a lot of orange peel and it dried slowly, and it was clumping during sanding because I didn't let it cure (all problems were user error). When the primer was cured it was easily sanded down and may have helped with smoothing the fiberglass imperfections. The primer prep is he key to a quality paint job. Take your time here.The paint went on well. The first coat had some orange peel because I put it on too thick and didn't have a quality paint brush. It was remediated when I sanded it down (again, wait for it to cure!). I applied the last coat uncomfortably thin with tip and roll, and it turned out marvelous! It took 1 gallon of primer and about 1/2 gallon of paint for an 18' boat.Use a 1/8" foam roller (https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0168S0ETE?ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_product_details&th=1) for the areas you want to look perfect, and use a true badger hair brush (https://www.amazon.com/dp/B000N9LE80?ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_product_details&th=1). It is worth the money for this task.

The media could not be loaded. The roll and tip method works well with this paint. Really good paint if you don't have the ability to spray. With so prep, and patience, it will look as good as sprayed.

Easy to apply and worked great on my boat! Only put one coat down. I recommend using a roller to paint with.

Overall I’m happy with the durability. This paint does have some weird properties that could be me. The self leveling sometimes leaves some small areas without paint. Generally it’s not a big deal, I used this on a fiberglass boat dash that had some sort of vinyl top layer on it, the vinyl had cracked in spots, if you put enough of this on it seems to seal it. It paints easy with a foam roller, I found spraying multiplied the weird effect I would see, maybe it just needed multiple coats with spraying. It’s pretty thin in my opinion with is a little tough to work with, dries to a nice shell of a finish. So far I like the results.

Amazon: They don't know how to ship the paint so it doesn't get damaged. First gallon of paint arrived damaged. The Amazon computerized return system was going to make me ship it back or some nonsense like that. Without opening I contacted Amazon directly and was sent a second can. Luckily I didn't try to use it, eventually I opened it and it had skinned over 1/4" thick!Product: the product is very hard to use and takes a lot of patience.1) must use primer. I had a newly created boat and tried to paint (only) some hard to reach areas during assembly. It took many coats, at least 4, for coverage. It also eventually yellowed so it may not be suited for semi-enclosed spaces.2) it doesn't follow out at all if unthinned. If unthinned it skins over so quick it's hard to keep a wet edge. If you attempt to tip it, it just leaves brush marks in the paint. Unthinned, but thinly applied, it still takes well over 24 hours to "dry". If you apply it thick enough to self level a bit it never dries fully and is a soft gummy mess.3) If you thin it enough to follow out and keep a wet edge and tip well, it takes over 36 hours to dry, maybe 48 hours. Good luck keeping dust out of something sticky for 48 hours!! When thinned enough to tip it's coverage is even worse, and took 3 coats to cover totalboat's white primer. It took forever, since you need to wait at least 2 days between coats to wet sand out all the dust!4) I've also tried using it to apply softsand and we'll see if it ever dries. I think that the "overly thick" coat that forms (all the valleys in the nonskid) means it will never dry. It's been drying for 3 days now - still wet.Recommendation: don't use this paint.

not sure why others are bad mouthing this product, much like the primer the paint went on great . i choose not to thin it out and it was perfect, i used 1 gallon of the light gray and mixed in a quart of black. the finish is outstanding. don't listen to the haters that this paint doesn't dry, it was dry to the touch in 4 hrs. i will be applying a 2nd coat tomorrow.

Great product. Worked as it should. Followed directions and gave it the full 12 hrs to dry and it made all the difference