I had a customer paint a skin-coat We-no-nah Encounter with good
automotive paint. He was happy with the results, however it did not
look good.

The surface of skin-coat boats is not smooth. They are porous from the
vaccum bagging process. Adding a shiny paint highlighted every little
pore.

You can order a gelcoated Kevlar Ultra-light boat from We-no-nah. It
will add about 4 lbs of weight to the Vagabond.

If you are going to paint the boat, and don't care about the pores,
then you won't have a problem. The paint should stick. If you scratch
it, it can tear off in wider scratches than gel, but you can repaint
those areas.

If you don't paint it, and choose to leave it out in the sun, you will
need to reflash the outer layer of Kevlar every few years, since the
resin on the outer layer will break down. Mix some vinylester resin
with Acetone, and either spray it on or paint it on with a brush. The
thinned resin will soak into the fibers, and the Acetone will flash/
evaporate before the Vinylester starts to cure, with the end result
being an almost new finish.