buying boat paint

[Bertramp]

I'm in the process of painting my 1970 45C. I did the majority of the sanding in the fall and spring and am planning on painting the rubrail up while in the water this summer and the hull while hauled in the fall or spring. would have done the painting while in the yard, but the marina owner and I had a slight difference of opinion. I'm using Interlux Perfection paint ... very good stuff. Problem is, it only comes in half gallons and at $105 per half gal..
Well, it doesn't take a genius to realize that this puppy is gonna take a lot of paint. I'm kinda locked into the "Perfection" for the rubrail up, but for the hull, would like to get gallons and hopefully at a slightly better price.
Does anyone know where you can get paint at a discount of sorts ?
Is Awlgrip or Imron or Sterling available in bulk and any less expensive ?
I will say though ... as a "do it yourselfer" the Perfection has gotten me results better than anticipated and seems to be hard as nails.

 

[67hat34c]

I started the same thing you did. we are painting from rub rail up, our hull is fine. I intended to do it myself but found we could not do it in Brevard County, FL. they made it illegal for anyone to paint with spray paint, all the yards got out of the business. We worked on the prep job much to the dismay of the marina until we found a painter who did not want to make his whole year's income on one job then turned it over to him to finish what we started. We found a guy in Daytona Beach FL that has a float in paint shed.

When we were buying for the do it yourself job, we purchades Awlgrip from Finish Masters in Orlando. they sell only by the gallon and they were way less than anyone else. i think the 545 primer with the reducer which is 1:1 mix will make 2 gallons of material, think it was around 100.00.