TotalBoat TotalGold Weather-Resistant Exterior Metallic Gold Paint - Pint

I'm not a professional painter. I'm not even good with arts and crafts, but I had an address plaque with our street number and it had gotten badly faded over 20+ years. I painted the base of the sign a dark green and planned to paint the raised numbers and border gold. I saw another gold paint, but the reviews said that it was more like "mustard color", not really gold. I tried TotalBoat TotalGold and it has the appearances and glitter/sparkle of gold. No one is going to think that I put gold leaf on my sign. But anyone who looks will recognize that the numerals and border are "gold". Not yellow, not mustard. For what it's worth, I spray painted the green base, then carefully brushed on the TotalGold. The TotalGold did not drip. Any errors were due to my own sloppy brush control. I put a clear coat over the entire plaque because I don't want to have to do this again. The green base spray paint wrinkled a bit, but the TotalGold did not. Great stuff!

Wow, this paint has awesome flow. It makes your job easy If you are at all decent at painting (and if you think there's nothing to painting or varnishing, then you might not get the same results). I had to keep moving the ladder to paint the boat's cove stripe. Even when I lost a perfect wet edge, it was fine. Just do your airplane landings and takeoffs, it's forgiving paint. BUT -- be sure to follow the directions. Duh! Of course, I thought I knew better and tried a disposable foam brush; the paint went on too thin. And, like they say, you need to continually stir the paint or you will get uneven results. BUT -- it is not glossy. The finish is satin and chalky, but worse, rain / runoff stains the paint; I couldn't remove the stains with either more clean water or with mineral spirits. I coated it with Awlgrip's Awlcare after I did the last two coats (with a brush; after two, or was it four, coats with a foam brush - and if you try foam, use a real Jen brush, the generic ones turn into floppy noodles) The Awlcare kept the rain from creating streaks. (I'm concerned: Awlcare only lasts a few months.) The instructions say paint w/ a clear gloss if you want it to look like that gold rim around your grandmother's ash tray. (OK, they didn't exactly say it that way.) We had just painted the boat; I didn't want to risk clear drips. (At least I can see gold drips, not that I had drips with this product.) I did the cove and "do dads" in 80-85 degree weather with 70% or more humidity. It dried very quickly. I put on an additional coat much sooner than the instructions indicated -- basically when over paint on the masking tape was dry. It worked. (Only two coats in a 24 hour day, though.) Fineline tape ripped off very nicely, giving a clean edge and regular blue tape worked OK - no peel off, the blue just didn't seal as well. (Thank you Total Boat! No razor blades needed.) The paint is very soft for many days - unless it's in direct sun. That lets you have time to scrape off any goofs, such as overpaint or bleeding under your tape. The spots that were in direct sun seemed to soften back up with generous water misting. My test board went rock hard (in the garage, no sun) within a week. The initial softness also means you will need to take care. Something like a fender rub will probably take it off.

Love the look and the color; it has so many uses around the house.

We used this paint to refinish our community's 40 year old 30 foot wide entry sign. Looks brand new! Nice metallic finish.

I have been looking for a high-quality opaque gold paint to use for painting metal statuary. Nothing I had lasted very long. This is very metallic but it’s very thin similar to a stain rather than the paint. It is very runny and I was painting vertical things. It looks beautiful when it dries! Let’s hope it lasts for exterior use.

When mixed and applied per the directions this stuff is terrific! I was unable to get any gold paint that would survive the summer outdoors. This stuff is still beautiful after two summers. It has a nice, rich gold color that appears to be long lasting. You can see the tiny gold flakes in the paint. It applied very easily with no fuss and mixed up easily. I use it on a big outdoor sun plaque and I couldn’t be more satisfied. Update as of Sept. 8, 2025: After my second use a year later, the gold paint will not mix no matter how you do it or how long you mix it. There are always black streaks. The paint has become unusable. I’ll still give it five stars because it works good when it’s fresh.

As others have noted, the paint is rather thin. Having said that I was very pleased with the performance of the paint and the brassy - gold color. I used it on metal and only applied one coat due to time constraints. A second coat will get added soon. I only needed an ounce of the stuff and wish I could have gotten a much smaller container.

The paint is very sticky and thin it drips and solidifies leaving bumpy surface bought it to paint my kitchen knobs it was a waste of time and money it ruined my brass knobs