I painted my boat with it three years ago and so far so good. Holds color resists lifting or chipping. When it gets stained with junk from the power plant, those black stains, I clean it up with soft scrub with bleach and then follow with a good coat of wax. Overall I am very pleased.
Chris

For the price, I wouldn't use anything else. I did most of the topsides this year and it came out nice. It takes some practice applying. I think its comparable to Petite topside enamel.

I have no painting skills but lots of experience. I see little advantage in not using a polyurethane: Brightside is as easy to use as any paint can be. I like Petit Easypoxy, which is about as good and I am used to it. My hull is painted with a two-part polyurethane, because it sees little maintenance. A hull is painted in one go, so the two-part is not so hard to work with. The topsides are painted piecemeal (at least when I do it) so ease of use is important. A one-part paint that is waxed periodically will outlast a two-part that isn't. I roll everything, and avoid tipping if I can. I don't know of a marina that allows spray guns.

The one thing I had to keep reminding myself is that you are not going to achieve perfection in real world settings. Unless you have the proper facilities, you have to accept things like wind, temperature, rain, bugs. It was difficult finding out what gives the best results, (brush, spray, roller, amount of thinner). There are areas that I plan to do again as I have a little better technique now. My paint was in really bad shape so I was anxious to get it covered, then I'll go back and redo some areas, one at a time. The question you have to ask is, how much time do you want to spend doing it? If your willing to give up a good part of the season, and are patient, you will have better results. I still am very happy with the outcome though and think that as long as we have the kids at home, its easier to rough up a spot and repaint with the enamel. If you can, spraying will probably give you the best results, but that's very hard to do. Someday down the road, I will have it professionally done, but for now I'm happy, and its a helluva lot cheaper!

got three gallons of schilling bottam paint. will be willing to sell two since one gallon did two coats on my 32 ft. It is black.

I have had some luck rolling paints that "can't be rolled". I used the fine foam rollers from Home Despot and roll the finish until all the bubbles are gone. For the top coat, I thin the paint so that it will stretch out longer for a better shine. I think it's worth a try. The important thing is to roll thin with a dryish roller for the first two coats, then put on the top coat.