I’m kinda leaning toward Petit hard racing copper bronze, but it looks like Kirby did well for you.
That copper bronze is for the bottom! Bilge paint… I’m not sure yet.
I became skeptical of this boat as soon as I read “…hit is with some CPES as it is bare wood”. The bare wood causes concern for me. IMHO the frames, intermediate frames, bilge side of the inner planking, etc. should have all been sealed in CPES and painted before assembly. So his makes me doubt the the integrity of the whole job. I agree with Ron-in-Seattle (both posts)… get a survey from a knowledgeable source.
For the bilge paint I would recommend Sandusky paint co. wwwsanpaco.com
Thanks…definitely leaning towards that!
Matt,
The suggestion below that you try priming (Pettit Tie Coat Primer) and then painting the bilge can hide the white 5200, unless and until someone inadvertently scrapes it with, say a shoe or drops a wrench on it.
Sadly, given the smoothness and glossy quality of cured 5200, nothing can penetrate. Whatever you use just sits on the surface forever.