Time to Paint Painting is such tedious work! I really wanted to achieve a great paint job so I called up a local marina to get a quote to paint my boat. It would've been around $3,500.00! So I quickly decided to paint it myself. I opted to use Interlux Perfection (topside paint) because of its high gloss and durability rating. Since my boat will never be in the water for very long (more than a day or so) I am not going to use a bottom paint also known as an anti-fouling paint. Not only is marine paint expensive but all the supplies is probably just as much. However, still nowhere near the price that a local marina would paint it for. I set up some plastic to cover the garage ceiling that constantly flakes off and made the sides to roll up out of the way so I could still open my garage door when not painting. I had hopes that this plastic draping would help with dust control. It may have helped...a little. I prepped the surface following the Interlux directions exactly. ...