Adam,
What beige? My topsides are white, or at least they were the last time I
washed them.
Are you asking about the mustard-colored bulkheads in the cabin? There I
wouldn’t try for a match.

On Tue, May 18, 2010 at 8:23 AM, adam silverstein wrote:

Is that awful beige similar to interlux 1990 hatteras white? What matches
well?

Adam Silverstein, iPhone

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The gelcoat isn’t really pure white. Its slightly off-color. If you’re planning to paint the topsides, why bother to match it? You can use any color you chose. I had my boat awlgripped when I bought her in 1986. Since then we repainted her by hand using brush and roller. It came out OK. If you get close and look carefully you can see brush marks. From 20 feet or more, it looks great after almost 10 years. Doing it yourself is affordable. Not including prep-work, it took my wife and me two days. I made staging for one side of the boat. This was just a bunch of saw-horses with boards running across them. We set it up on one side and then ran down that side of the boat with paint and roller following with a brush for tipping. Then we moved the staging and did the other side. We could put one coat on in one day. We used interlux 2-part paint.

Most of the work is in the preparation. Careful cleaning, filling, and sanding is a must. Time to do the pre-work will vary from boat to boat. I think it took us one weekend, but our boat had been previously painted and had never been waxed. Filling scratches in the surface and removing contaminants can take some time. We didn’t have to put on a primer because the boat was previously painted. We only put on two coats. More would be needed if not previously painted. A good sander is a must.

I may put on another coat later this summer if time permits. The paint has faded and could be refreshed. One coat would do. Our boat is on the hard for the year so we should have time. It would probably take a day to clean and prep each side and one day to put on one coat.

The nice thing about painted topsides is that damage is easy to repair. No gelcoat color to match. Just fill and scratches and use the same paint, feathering the work out.

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Rich

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