Classic AquaSport

Aquasport Model Rebuilds, Mods, Updates and Refreshes => Paints, topsides and bottom and Gelcoat Topics => Topic started by: cboham30 on March 31, 2006, 08:49:53 AM

Title: black hull
Post by: cboham30 on March 31, 2006, 08:49:53 AM

i have a 69 22.2 in the middle of restoring, just wondering what yuo guys thought . i am thinking of painting my hull black w/ interlux perfection. any problems w/ black besides showing salt spray. i've seen alot of boats that are dark blue so i figured black should be alright.....thanks

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Post by: DEFIANT on March 31, 2006, 09:23:02 AM

Black will be high maintenance to keep looking good. When black is clean and shiny nothing looks better, but when it gets dirty, it looks bad!

I used Perfection to paint my Aquasport and liked it. Are you going to spray or roll and tip?

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Post by: cboham30 on April 01, 2006, 10:54:44 AM

i'm going to roll and tip it. i'm thinking of going with black or dark blue, maybe even like a royal blue

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Post by: warthog5 on April 01, 2006, 01:49:56 PM

One of the thing's that Black will do is show roven woven print thru on older hull's.

(http://www.classicmako.com/projects/xshark/images/topcoat11.jpg)

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Post by: ddd222 on April 01, 2006, 02:14:00 PM

have a black truck, an eyelash stops traffic, too damn hard to keep clean. Always been a fan of the dark navy's and greens, but also aware of fading quickly. Thats why i think the light pastel blues, and yellows are so popular, look good and doesn't fade as quick(at least to the naked eye). If it were me and i was a black fan i would consider a glossy grey. I saw a 31' contender last summer in montauk that really turned heads, and trimmed w/ a nice blue. The boat is a dime a dozen, but this one stood out and looked quite stealthy

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Post by: warthog5 on April 01, 2006, 07:39:10 PM

ddd222  Sound's like your compairing fading gellcoat to paint.

A good quality paint job [Awlgrip] will way outlast colored gellcoat.