black hull

[cboham30]

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

[DEFIANT]

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?

[cboham30]

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

[warthog5]

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

[ddd222]

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

[warthog5]

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

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