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-----Original Message----- From: "Kerry Lebel" <[email protected]> Date: Tue, 11 Aug 2009 09:26:10 To: <[email protected]> Subject: [UnifliteWorld] Re: Boat Painting Just found their website. You sure he is doing stateside work as well? The website says "Coming Soon" for US based work. Unless he can fix some gelcoat cracks and blisters too it might be rough. I will give him a call though. Thanks for the tip. I have repainted plenty of cars in my day but repainting a boat with brightside paint myself sounds pretty scary. -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of [email protected] Sent: Tuesday, August 11, 2009 9:16 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [UnifliteWorld] Re: Boat Painting Kerry google pro boat clean I think they work in the states and Canada you bill be surprised at what they can do for you his name is nick webster they have been around for a number of years and he has done a lot of uniflites hope that helps . Paul. Sent wirelessly from my BlackBerry device on the Bell network. Envoyé sans fil par mon terminal mobile BlackBerry sur le réseau de Bell. -----Original Message----- From: "Kerry Lebel" <[email protected]> Date: Tue, 11 Aug 2009 07:49:31 To: <[email protected]> Subject: [UnifliteWorld] Re: Boat Painting Wow that is an insane quote. Yes the gel coat is in rough shape. There are several places where it is darkened because it was sanded down and it is so thin you are starting to see glass. That is mostly on the aft end of the boat by the swim step. Let me put it this way. I used the 3M rubbing compound on the visor that goes over the front windshield glass. It took 3 hours of buffing just to get any kind of shine. 3 hours just for that visor. Ouch! That is why I looked at getting some buffing quotes. My biggest obstacle right now is time. Kerry -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of rocoloco Sent: Tuesday, August 11, 2009 7:08 AM To: UnifliteWorld Subject: [UnifliteWorld] Re: Boat Painting Are you sure the gel coat is no good? Professionals might shy away from your job because they doubt it will meet your expevtations. I've buffed my boat's hull a couple of times and it ain't easy but the results are worth it. I use a Makita 8" buffer - rotary not orbital - with the usual sheepskin type pad. Smear a small quantity of Fibrelay 200 rubbing compound, or in your case the 100 (whichever is coarser) and buff until it's all gone. Just like sex, repeat if necessary. Every now and then use a scraper to clean the excess compound off the pad. (I used the edge of a sharp rock against the rotating pad last time and it worked very well.) If you get a shine back, use 3M Liquid Silicone wax available at your marine store. The 3M rep tells me it's the best marine wax they make, even better than their paste wax. I have a 1983 41YF and the shop co-located in Delta Marine quoted me $45K to paint it!! On Aug 10, 5:48 pm, "Kerry Lebel" <[email protected]> wrote: > Well guys, > > Had a pretty embarrassing moment today. I have been getting quotes to get > my boat detailed. The gel coat is rough but I thought it was mostly just > the oxidation. Well I have had 2 people in the last week say that doing a > wax job on my boat would be worthless and that I would just have to have a > thorough wax job done again next year. The gel coat is just going to soak > up the wax because it is so porous. Anyway, I am considering getting the > boat fully painted. Has anyone done this before or have any tips? I live > in Gig Harbor, WA but will bring the boat anywhere in Puget Sound that will > know how to handle my Uniflite and will be fair and honest. It is a hell of > a lot of money for paint job but we intend on having the boat for the long > haul. There goes the kid's college funds. ;) > > Thanks, > > Kerry --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "UnifliteWorld" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/UnifliteWorld?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
