Blue stripe on hull? General Forum Forums

There really isn't a stock color scheme to these boats. I have seen everything from blue, brown, green and black trim, white and off white hulls etc...  get some paint chips from home depot or lowes and hold them against a section of the paint that you have buffed out to get it as close to its original color as possible. If you find one that matches or is close then you have a basis for the color you want mixed for the the paint you end up getting.

scott

from high end to low end any of the below would be appropriate

one of the two part polyurethanes such as perfection/awlgrip etc... these have about a 10 year gloss lifespan

a one part polyurethane such as brightsides which has about a 5 year gloss lifespan.

any decent oil enamel or other new formulation enamel marketed for marine usage.

my personal favorite at this point is a new industrial paint called PSXone. It only seems to come in red, white, blue, black, grey it is a one part self priming poly-siloxane acrylic that has a 10 year gloss life. You can paint over it at 10 years with just a good cleaning, you don't have to sand the old coat. You can find it at porter paints stores or go online to PPG. It is what I have been redoing the boat in. Pricey on the surface at 125 dollars a gallon. However you don't have to use primers under it and can brush, roller or spray it, you also don't sand between coats. Also one to two coats and your done. It is  a very thick high solids paint. I don't think they do custom colors. They sell this to the coast guard/navy etc for topsides paint and pretty much just seem to make the stock colors the military needs. I have painted and had it rain 3 hours later and not affect the paint job at all. Also you can do one section and then come back later and do another and it will blend perfectly between the two sections unlike a lot of the more finicky paints that you need to maintain a wet edge at all times and do the whole thing at a go.

scott