Nothing against Rustoleum, but IMO the best thing to use is gel coat. Really don't get why the trend seems to be epoxy for bilges lately(speaking about the DIY crowd, not pros). Gel is harder for the do it yourself guy, however it's durability it much better than epoxy and it's bond outclasses epoxy easily. To each their own, and not saying epoxy is a bad choice, just think gel is better.

Borgie, when I did my transom/stringer resto,the bilge was gelcoated white. Gelcoat is porous so I covered it with oil based marine enamel offwhite colour that doesn't show too bad if some oil spilled on that would stain gelcoat.The surface is shiny and easy to wipe it
clean.
white gel coat
http://www3.telus.net/spectrasonly/N...and%20stringer

enamel topcoat
http://www3.telus.net/spectrasonly/new%2520transom.jpg

Looks good. I need to do some touch up in my bildge as well. Can just the regular gloss white be used, or is there a major benefit to the "professional" series?

The professional series is a thicker "one coat" type vs the regular is reduced down and requires two coats IMO.

Roger, thanks.

I used bilgekote about a month ago and it turned out great! Very easy to use and got it for 25 bucks on amazon at the time.

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Anyone tried the Industrial Valspar gloss white? I see that comes in quart containers at Farm and Fleet.