So I decided to restore my Cowling myself since the estimates I got were pretty high even if I did all the prep work. After one failed attempt due to poor prep work I decided to go at it the right way. I ended up using paint stripper to get all the way down to the original material. Did a lot of fairing then sanded from 220 up to 400 wet sanding. Right now I have four coats of self etching primer on her.. getting the original metallic charcoal Evinrude paint and going to put a few coats of that to finish her off. Haven't decided what way to go with decals yet.
