Kevin, The $200K job I saw was on an early 80's vintage 42' blister boat and was to remove all hardware, grind off all old gel coat and re apply gelcoat to the entire boat. I don't know of many people who would choose that route over painting today. That's a real number. And the guy knew it was uneconomical but he wanted it done.
It was beautiful which is why we all asked him what wax he used.............. and got the true reason for the finish. Me, I'd repaint my boat. On Aug 11, 10:58 pm, [email protected] wrote: > We have a 46' and quoted 6K to sand prime and paint the boat. That is with > proline epoxy paint rolled and tipped. > 200K is a lie. You can get a hell of a boat for that and throw the old boat > away. > For the. Price quotes on this thread you could have your boat shipped here, > painted, and still save e > 20K. > Kevin > Sent from my BlackBerry® wireless device > > -----Original Message----- > From: mattv <[email protected]> > > Date: Tue, 11 Aug 2009 22:14:38 > To: UnifliteWorld<[email protected]> > Subject: [UnifliteWorld] Re: Boat Painting > > 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
