this question is a recurring one and the answer generally is BTW in America.
I spoke to JWS Marine services and John would be happy to colour match 1 average faded Mac hull at Portsmouth when the MAC meeting arrives. Approx cost would be approx £355 for 10 litres plus I would suggest 40 x 250 ml tins that we could decant into.
a few issues though:
how many members would buy in order to reduce costs?
suggest number ordered would generate the cost per tin and the the balance of tins as profit would go the club funds.
storeage of the balance of tins
postage to members only a few couriers will carry paint.
Assuming we only sold 10 it's going to be about £50 for 250ml😩 + we still need someone to store the remainder
This is interesting. I have an averagely faded blue hull and will be st the AGM. Are we thinking for touch up purposes ? I had a small tin of original blue that was used for some heavy scratches on my boat many years ago but it has taken years to blend in. I subsequently made a near match using a blend of blues in one of the standard epoxy paint repair kits.
The matter of up front cost and storage will need to be considered by t" committee.
Hi Keith, Thanks for the reply. I have a small touch up job on the white upper deck of my 26M, so do not need a lot of paint.
I did look to touch up some scratches on the blue last winter and used a RAL colour chart to match it. The nearest I got, (which looked spot on) was RAL 5010. Trouble is, it isn't! Its very near but not spot on. I guess as Roly said above the original is faded so an off the shelf colour is not going to be any good. Interesting mention about mixing your own though.
Matthew mentioned "Wrapped". Not sure what this is??
I'd decided the only way was to take her to the local coach builder and ask for a complete spray job eventually !!!!
Wrapping is a reference to vynil wrapping. A sheet of vynil is adhered to the surface of the boat. Mine was newly done when I bought it and it looked beautiful.
However when nocked or scraped the vynil scratches or puckers and peels off showing the original jel coat. This is unsightly. I have some patch material but haven't tried any repairs yet. I feel that painting is much easier to maintain and will withstand nocks much much better. There will come a point when I might have to peel off the vynil which may be easier then stripping paint.
My feeling is that I wouldn't use it, but may be I'm being negative.
Just to be a bit more negative, if we match paint to a faded boat would it match any other faded boat as they may all be different.
If just for touching up that might be great but jolly expensive. If for repainting might it be cheaper to just go for the nearest match or a new colour?
Thank you. Having read your comments and thinking about the use of the boat (on and off trailer and then dragged around lanes etc) the potential to scratch the surface is higher than a 'normal' boat so perhaps not a suitable option.
Hi Paul,
this question is a recurring one and the answer generally is BTW in America.
I spoke to JWS Marine services and John would be happy to colour match 1 average faded Mac hull at Portsmouth when the MAC meeting arrives. Approx cost would be approx £355 for 10 litres plus I would suggest 40 x 250 ml tins that we could decant into.
a few issues though:
how many members would buy in order to reduce costs?
suggest number ordered would generate the cost per tin and the the balance of tins as profit would go the club funds.
storeage of the balance of tins
postage to members only a few couriers will carry paint.
Assuming we only sold 10 it's going to be about £50 for 250ml😩 + we still need someone to store the remainder
This is interesting. I have an averagely faded blue hull and will be st the AGM. Are we thinking for touch up purposes ? I had a small tin of original blue that was used for some heavy scratches on my boat many years ago but it has taken years to blend in. I subsequently made a near match using a blend of blues in one of the standard epoxy paint repair kits.
The matter of up front cost and storage will need to be considered by t" committee.
I also have a faded blue boat. Was wondering if it would polish up but I guess you chaps have already ruled that out.
A friend had his boat wrapped and it looks v good. I was thinking of exploring this as an option..
Hi Keith, Thanks for the reply. I have a small touch up job on the white upper deck of my 26M, so do not need a lot of paint.
I did look to touch up some scratches on the blue last winter and used a RAL colour chart to match it. The nearest I got, (which looked spot on) was RAL 5010. Trouble is, it isn't! Its very near but not spot on. I guess as Roly said above the original is faded so an off the shelf colour is not going to be any good. Interesting mention about mixing your own though.
Matthew mentioned "Wrapped". Not sure what this is??
I'd decided the only way was to take her to the local coach builder and ask for a complete spray job eventually !!!!
Thanks all for the input
Best regards
Paul.
Wrapping is a reference to vynil wrapping. A sheet of vynil is adhered to the surface of the boat. Mine was newly done when I bought it and it looked beautiful.
However when nocked or scraped the vynil scratches or puckers and peels off showing the original jel coat. This is unsightly. I have some patch material but haven't tried any repairs yet. I feel that painting is much easier to maintain and will withstand nocks much much better. There will come a point when I might have to peel off the vynil which may be easier then stripping paint.
My feeling is that I wouldn't use it, but may be I'm being negative.
Regards Jonathan
Sorry I must be feeling grumpy today?
Just to be a bit more negative, if we match paint to a faded boat would it match any other faded boat as they may all be different.
If just for touching up that might be great but jolly expensive. If for repainting might it be cheaper to just go for the nearest match or a new colour?
Jonathan
Hi Jonathan,
Thank you. Having read your comments and thinking about the use of the boat (on and off trailer and then dragged around lanes etc) the potential to scratch the surface is higher than a 'normal' boat so perhaps not a suitable option.
Back to paint....
Matt