painting

[OldSchool]

time to make my old boat look young again.

the plan is to
pay a professional to blast away off the old bottom paint sand and recoat with
interlux VC Performance Epoxy (white)

then I'm doing the hull and topsides myself with interlux perfection in there dark bue color...

and then i will paint over the yellow floor with interlux interdeck in gray

so you guys think the color combination is fitting for a 76 222 Aquasport ?

[steved]

Just a word of warning on the dark blue exterior. Hope you have plenty of time to spend on cleaning - it is about the worst for showing up scuffs, stains, salt, etc. and also is really prone to fading - particularly in a hot place like Tampa.

[DEFIANT]

I am in the proess of painting my 222 CCP with Interlux Perfection. I just finished my second coat of the two part epoxy primer. This weekend I plan to paint the top coats with a roller and brush "tip off". The weather forcast says we will have high humidity which can cause less gloss, but I want to finish this project and get back on the water.

I understand it is more difficult to get a good gloss finish with the dark colors. If you have a high speed internet connection go to the www.yachtpaint.com web site, if you look around you will find a video on how to apply Perfection.

I'll be glad to give you an update on my progress.

[OldSchool]

yes please post pictures, thanks

[steved]

Thanks for the point towards that painting video Defiant. I probably will never attempt anything even nearly as challenging on my boat- although I am super handy on dry land.  Just came to it too late - boating that is. Look forward to seein' pix of your masterpiece.

[Anonymous]

Steved,

When I bought my boat 11 years ago it was really beat up! The previous owner leased it to an oil spill clean up company. It spent the whole winter in a river at Philadelphia dragging oil spill booms around. To the crews that worked on it the boat was just an old barge and treated is as such! They did not know they had the priviledge of working on a "Classic"!

The boat was covered with cude oil, but the price was right. They even threw in 10 gallons of pine cleaner to remove the oil.

I admit to being an amature at the repair and painting of boats, but I love a challenge!

[DEFIANT]

Sorry, I forgot to log in. The previous post was from me.

I will try to post some pictures of my progress this afternoon.

[Anonymous]

I was considering using the VC Performance. Did it come out nice? Did you have it sprayed? I was also wondering about the UV protection. I am about two weeks out from painting my hull. Thanks.

[warthog5]

I'm doing the hull and topsides myself with interlux perfection in there dark bue color...

and then i will paint over the yellow floor with interlux interdeck in gray

I'd like to make a suggestion on your color combination.
The dark Blue is usuallu refered to as "Flag Blue". It look's Black from a little distance.

Now bringing that Flag Blue above the bumprail will not look good and it will be hotter to the touch. Run white from the top of the bumprail over the washboard and down the inside to spill onto the floor. You will tape the floor 1in from the side's and layout your nonskid pattern's.
The combo of the Dark Blue and White will go well with the powder blue. It's like the Blue and White were mixed together. It will also be easy on your eye's when the sun is blairing down on you.
 Use a powder blue unstead of Gray. Gray is so, well industrial/Battleshipsih.
Sure it's more work to 3 tone a boat, but after the work is done and all the complement's you get it will be worth it.

Here's a couple of examples of what I'm talking about.







Nonskid taping I use 3/4in tape off the edge first. Then a run of 3M Fineline 1/4in. [Blue in the pix] The run another layer of 3/4in to bridge between the 1st 3/4in piece and the 1/4in. This is mainly to make sure you don't get a little sliver of a diffrent color between the 3/4in and the 1/4in.





Finished

[warthog5]

Here's a pix of the powder blue used on the deck.

[Tailgunner]

Warthog5, that looks like one sweet fishing setup you have there.

I love Flag Blue hulls but have decided against doing it for reasons stated above. My boat goes in the water in Spring and doesn't come out again until Fall.

My plan is to sodablast off the 30 years of bottom paint and the 4 coats of house paint used above the water line. White hull, red boot stripe and green bottom paint. The decks have Petite Sandtone which has worked out real. Not glaring in sunlight nor hot.

I have not picked out paint yet but am leaning towards Perfection above the water line. Awlgrip is out of my price range.

[DEFIANT]

Tailgunner,

Are you planning on spraying or rolling and tipping off?

[Tailgunner]

A guy here at work is going to spray it on. He paints ocean going research buoys and does this on the side.

[RickK]

...If you have a high speed internet connection go to the www.yachtpaint.com web site, if you look around you will find a video on how to apply Perfection.

Is anyone else having a problem finding this video?  I looked for any video, not just perfection and could not find anything - did find something on the yacht page but figured it wasn't the one

[DEFIANT]

Try this site. Then click on the video instructional section.


http://www.yachtpaint.com/usa/default.asp

I hope it works for you!