Rust-Oleum 396969 Marine Coatings Wood and Fiberglass Primer, Quart, White

The hardest part of the job was the sanding. I sanded for 2 weeks because I wanted a very smooth surface. I first put on two coats of primer waiting 2 days in between and then two coats of top coat. The outcome was beyond my expectations. I chose to ignore the Amazon reviews about how slippery it was when wet. First shower I ended up going to the ER by ambulance. I did the splits getting out of tub from slipping. I used gorilla tread tape on tub floor and I'm very secure showering now. This paint leaves a beautiful finish just follow your directions carefully and you will be as pleasedas I am.

This saved me thousands of dollars! I’ve trying to get a contractor come give me a bid to replace the shower stall, they never showed! So I came across this and thought I’d give it a try. -the primer is thick and settled on the bottom, my husband put an attachment on his drill and in less than 5 minutes, it was mixed and read to use, no big deal -it is extremely strong, we have no fan in the bathroom, 4 days later I’m still flying high 🤣 probably should have masked up or used a fan -I sanded the fiberglass shower with 220 grit, then used a cloth to wipe it off, then started priming. -cranked my thermostat to 75 degrees, the primer dried and I started painting within an hour. On my 36” shower, I had just enough primer to do the walls and pan with one coat. Then I used the Rust-Oleum paint and did only one coat, had leftover paint from my one quart can. It was close with the primer, I was definitely sweating running out, but one quart accomplished the job. -start to finish including sanding, primer, and paint, only took 4 hours -End result…. I spent $70 and it looks like a new surround, wish I had done it 2 years ago when I bought the house!

We had a crack develop in our shower. To save money, I decided that I would take care of the repair myself. I picked up some fiberglass resin and cloth from a big box store and was just going to leave it unpainted after the repair because you can't really find a paint at one of those big box stores that is designed for painting tubs and showers. Then it dawned on me to research marine paints. After doing the research, I found that the big box stores around me carried this exact paint but it had to be purchased by the four quart case. Amazon had both the primer and the paint. I ordered it on a Tuesday evening and had the products on Friday. Because I had done the fiberglass repair on the previous Saturday, by Sunday of the next week, the shower had been completely repaired, primed and painted. If you weren't looking for the repair, you would never know that it had been repaired. The white matched very well with the shower.

Unlike latex paint that can be stirred fairly quick even if heavily settled, this stuff had an inch of sludge that took a full 10 minutes of dedicated stir to get "most" of it mixed. That is eternity for a quart of paint. After using an inch of the can, I was able to stir more vigorously and still took a few minutes to get it mixed. There was still smaller strands of gunk but I was able to deal with it. The product itself is great.

Dries to touch super fast.... Great primer.... You have to work quick though if you are rolling in warm temperatures.

This product is garbage. It arrived completely separated solid as a rock in the bottom half in a dented container. Stirred it up for about 20 minutes and it still had clumps in it that I had to strain out. This product was supposed to fill in pinhead size defects but I obviously know that it is not body filler. I had a freshly made fiberglass mold and wanted to try this primer and the rustoleum paint to save weight instead of gelcoat. Big mistake! I thinned this out as directed with 5% xylene thinner and sprayed it on, all it did was make the pin sized holes bigger it did not create a surface tension over the holes to fill them but avoided them. I followed the directions to spray this on as a thin coat. In my claimant and temperature this was to take A half hour to dry to touch and two hours before I could re-coat. I waited a day and came back and this stuff may be solid but is super gummy. It clogs up an orbital disc sanding pad in seconds and is almost unsandableand unless you want to remove it right through to the fiberglass. This project has wasted me two days, one day of application and one day of complete removal. Do not buy this!

Decided instead of replacing the fiber glass bath tub I would repaint it and boy did it to a wonderful job. It's been about 4 month and the paint hasn't chipped or cracked. Tuff stuff!

Purchased for a badly worn fiberglass tub (tub had been previously refinished). Do the prep, rough and fine sanding, vacuum rinse and wipe down. Wear a good mask (organic) I use lots of oil paint and this made me loopy. Check out my soda bottle funnel to keep the spout from dripping in the tub (sweet). Roll it on with low nap mini roller, corner touch up with brush, let primer cure full 72 hours, sand primer coat, vacuum and wipe with mineral spirits. Paint on the sister top side coat (color of your choice), two coats and you might want to put in the grit for tub, finish is slippery. Wait the full 72 hours, I could only do 48. A good paint store may tint the primer for you (if they like you). Don't use a bathmat or at least take it it out after each shower. The trapped soap and mold under the bath mat will eat into the finish. Not right away but it will. There's enough primer in one qt. to do entire tub and surround. You would need two quarts of topcoat in order to do two coats on the tub and enclosure, especially tan over white primer. This was for my mother so she only got the tub done. Just kidding, it's a rental property and I don't want to spoil them. They'll be asking for an indoor toilet if I did the whole thing.