Hull painting

[kevMar]

Got an estimate to paint the hull of the Mary Dee 34 ft  a Hunter Green   $6,500 ...    Good/ Bad ?????
will take 3 weeks to complete   here in North Carolina

[Ted Pounds]

That sounds pretty good to me.  The paint alone runs $200 a gallon.  Make sure you get some references and check out some of their other work.  The key to the whole thing is the prep work; very labor intensive.

[kevMar]

how about any ideas of which color ????  we should put on the MaryDee

[Ted Pounds]

The green is nice, but I've always been partial to Flag Blue...

[Lance Jones]

Our previous boat was a Blue C-27. It was beautiful. However, as with any dark color, any scratches through the paint will stand out like a clothed person in a nudist camp.

[Ken Juul]

No experience but I've always heard that cabins temps on dark hulls were much hotter than with a lighter color.  Something to consider with all the sun and 90+ temps you get in NC.

[lazybone]

I'm sure everyone knows this one.

"There are only two colors to paint a boat, black or white, and only a fool would paint a boat black." -Nathanael G. Herreshoff

[Jim Hardesty]

The darker the color the more the defects show.  That prep work that would produce a good looking white paint job would be lacking for a dark color.  Also dock scuffs and fender rash shows up more on darker colors.  But then thats only close up, at a boat length most imperfections are not seen.  What ever color you chose the boat will still have the pleasing lines of the Catalina 34.  You can't go wrong.
Jim

[dodgercc27]

I paid $4,500 to have my C&C 27 painted....and that was 8 or 9 years ago...and the guy gave me a good.  Paint has gone up since then too.  What a difference though! Made my boat look brand new.  I've since sold her and I was able to get top dollar for her.