Ran into a guy once at a Uniflite rendezvous who had his blister boat regelcoated and I remember something like $200K cost. Yike. Squashed the idea for me.
I have a 1973 which is original gelcoat and looks pretty good. Repainting the blue trim really helped for small $$$. Once the gel coat is buffed out I have only had to keep it waxed (no boathouse). I use a high quality wax and do the flat upper surfaces 2X and the hull once a year. If you let it go then you are in for a big job. Hey? Why do you need a gym membership when you can "wax on, wax off" for a few hours a month. On Aug 11, 1:51 pm, rich <[email protected]> wrote: > Two years ago I repainted my 1975 aftcabin 36' uniflite myself and I > have never painted anything before. I bought a sprayer at harbor > freight for $39:00 and took of the rubrail and had it polished and it > now looks like chrome. I painted everything above the rubrail. I > painted it on a concrete slap i park my boat on in the off season. The > whole job(the painting) with paint and supplies was under five hundred > dollars. Yes there was a lot of work sanding and filling stresscracks > and priming but it came out really nice. At least that's my opinion > and others in my marina. rich > > 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
