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Painting outboard motor lower unit. I am about to paint my lower unit of my trolling motor for the sixth time with lower unit outboard paint. Today's video is about painting an outboard lower unit and it's proudly sponsored by marineengine.com. Shot 3 coats of the zinc chromate primer allowing 5.

Remove the drain plug use your screwdriver to remove the drain plug. Lower unit rebuild & repair outboard clinic restores and rebuilds all outboard lower units. Place cardboard under the motor on the ground.

Topping with a 2 part epoxy magnesium chromate primer, then finish coat. Prep the surface with a sandpaper or scuff pad, about 180 grit if. In this video i weld, straighten bog and paint the lower unit from my johnson 30hp outboard.

1 oem mercury marine verado silver spray can touch up paint 12 oz sku: This causes the propeller to. The lower unit (or gearcase) is the part of the outboard that takes the power and rotation from the engine and transfers them to the prop shaft and the propeller.

Wondering if any of you have used with success line x or rhino liner or. The function of your lower unit is to convert the power from your engine to rotate the prop. Last time we saw this gear box i was sending it off to be sandblasted i.

Painting an outboard lower unit. Primer paint for outboard lower unit postby dtmackey » fri apr 27, 2018 4:00 pm i would do the following: What's the trick to painting a merc lower unit and preventing the paint from coming off?