Kerry, My Boat is in the middle of being painted with a top coat from AWL GRIP and it is turning out beautifully. It is being rolled and tipped and it looks great and have not spent a bunch of money. I know another member on this forum and he had his boat sprayed with AWL GRIP and from the pictures I have seen it looks like new.
Matt On Aug 11, 4:07 pm, "Kerry Lebel" <[email protected]> wrote: > $200k? That is insane. The whole boat isn't worth that. I have gelcoat in > spots and paint in others it seems. At least up in the flybridge. Who > knows what the heck the history is on this boat. Man, I need to start > prioritize my projects. It is starting to get overwhelming. > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] > > On Behalf Of Bob S > Sent: Tuesday, August 11, 2009 2:48 PM > To: UnifliteWorld > Subject: [UnifliteWorld] Re: Boat Painting > > 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.- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
