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Paint and graffics questions?

Mooneys

Mooneys

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What kind of paint are the folks who are custom painting their boats using? If I wanted to paint some of the hull with a custom paint job with lots of colors and graffics what should I use? I realize regular base/clear can be used on the top, but what about the hull that is seeing the water and high speeds regularly?

Will vinyl graffics hold up to the water pressure a hull regularly sees when running? I realize vinyl only lasts 5-7 years with normal use, but paint styles/preferences seems to change every 5 -7 years anyway, so that might be the way I go if it will hold up to running in water.
 
I used BASF base clear with house of colors candies. I have pictures posted in another thread below. I also used the base clear on the bottom. As long as you dont keep the boat in the water for a extendend time it works great. The paint never fades and doesn't need to be buffed and waxed all the time like gel coat. I just wash it and go!
The vinyl will hold up and does work great. But if you have it on the boat for a few years and take it off you will still see were it was. It just does crazy things to the paint or gel coat.

Russ
 
If you dont use gel then I recomend urathene hard as a rock and lasts.

3M makes adhesive graphics that they put on jet planes so they should hold up very well on your boat.
 
I custom paint most of the Liberator tunnel boats I sell. I'll probably do alot of the Checkmates I'm now selling also. I use basecoat-clearcoat and alot of House of Kolor custom candys, marbles, and pearls. You can see lots of pics on my website. Click on "CUSTOM PAINT JOBS" http://liberatorfl.tripod.com
 
cooperider & WILDMAN,

My metal flake looks awesome, but the white hull and top deck is yellow looking (I can really see the difference where the old numbers and old black pinstripe were on the side). If I want it white again how do I get it painted and blended into the old gel metal flake so it looks original? I've tried everthing to get the hull white again (bleech, muratic acid, oxyclean, etc) and wet sanding is the only thing that gets some results. What would you do?
 
If your flake is fine, then reshoot the white with gel. You can then blend the paint ridge in with the style lines of boat. Or as I do very often shoot another coat of the clear to build that up to the same level of the white gel.

If you decide to have it reshot I can give you a flat rate for the job. In gel, just like original.
 
Ok cooperider,

I'll probably take you up on that this fall/winter if you have time.

When you say "reshoot the white with gel" do you mean white gel? I thought the gel was clear and put over the painted colors. I'm new to gel, I'm coming form a auto background so sorry for the dumb question.

There was a black factory pinstripe along all the flake edges so I'll probably do that again. I doubt I'll need to reshoot the flake with clear but I'll leave that up to you.

Herb
 
The white on your boat is solid white gel coat. No clear. The flake area has a layer of clear followed by the metal flake and then backed with a gel coat that is similar in color to the flake.

Clear gelcoat is not really clear and all the white would appear very yellow. The clear works great on almost every other color, but white. Trust me on this I know that one from first hand experience.
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Ok, that makes sense, thanks for the explaination. Lets talk in Sept. to see if you have any time to do my boat. Now, you are 6 hours away, will it still be worth driving out there vs. having a local shop do it? I'm sure you'll do much better work sine you love Checkmates, but just checking.

Herb
 
cooperider,

Ceck out these to OB Convincors, first one is an 83 25', and the second one is an 84 25'

The second one looks to have been modified in the back (rear storage area in front of OB well that is on the 83 is missing and the seat is further back. Do you agree or did Checkmate change the rear of the boat in 84?

I'd like to do the same modification if that storage area is not structural. Gives more room in the seating area. What do you think?



 
But you will lose a nice sundeck.
Should I keep what I remove in case someone wants to put something like that in?
 
Well, let me take a look at the boat. My thought is to see if I can design some jump seats for behind the capt. chairs or even replace the capt. chairs with some seats like they put in the newer custom boats:

Like this: http://www.ultraboats.com/admin/images/246.jpg

Do you think there is enough room after moving the rear bench back?
 
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