The name of my boat, on the transom, has been on there for years. Long
before I bought her. I tried to remove the hailing port paint for a new
look last spring; couldn't get it all off. I tried all the usual methods.

To sum up; the transom looks like ****.

I got to looking at sailboats on the net, especially the transom name, look.
This got me thinking ??

What are your opinions of taping off the transom, dewax, sand, prime, and
put on a coat of two part epoxy .. then a new name paint job over.

I realize the paint job won't match the remainder of the hull. It would be
more bright, I'm sure. Would you paint the transom the same color as the
boot stripe? Or, paint the color ( white in my case ) that closely matches
the hull and paint the name the boot stripe color.

Transom opinions please ..

thanks

Benning Wentworth wrote:
The name of my boat, on the transom, has been on there for years. Long
before I bought her. I tried to remove the hailing port paint for a new
look last spring; couldn't get it all off. I tried all the usual methods.

To sum up; the transom looks like ****.

I got to looking at sailboats on the net, especially the transom name, look.
This got me thinking ??

What are your opinions of taping off the transom, dewax, sand, prime, and
put on a coat of two part epoxy .. then a new name paint job over.

I realize the paint job won't match the remainder of the hull. It would be
more bright, I'm sure. Would you paint the transom the same color as the
boot stripe? Or, paint the color ( white in my case ) that closely matches
the hull and paint the name the boot stripe color.

Transom opinions please ..

thanks

Painting transoms is not that uncommon, and a good guy should be able
to match the color unless it's a dark color and has faded (never get a
dark color hull, they all fade eventually, then your looking at a paint
job). You could even go with a completely differant color, as long as
the color looks good with the rest of the hull.

John

"Capt John" wrote in message
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Benning Wentworth wrote:
The name of my boat, on the transom, has been on there for years. Long
before I bought her. I tried to remove the hailing port paint for a new
look last spring; couldn't get it all off. I tried all the usual
methods.

To sum up; the transom looks like ****.

I got to looking at sailboats on the net, especially the transom name,
look.
This got me thinking ??

What are your opinions of taping off the transom, dewax, sand, prime, and
put on a coat of two part epoxy .. then a new name paint job over.

I realize the paint job won't match the remainder of the hull. It would
be
more bright, I'm sure. Would you paint the transom the same color as the
boot stripe? Or, paint the color ( white in my case ) that closely
matches
the hull and paint the name the boot stripe color.

Transom opinions please ..

thanks

Painting transoms is not that uncommon, and a good guy should be able
to match the color unless it's a dark color and has faded (never get a
dark color hull, they all fade eventually, then your looking at a paint
job). You could even go with a completely differant color, as long as
the color looks good with the rest of the hull.

John


What you are planning sounds good. I would suggest using AWLGrip paint.
Many many folks have told me that this is the best and will last for years.
It is very glossy so surface prep is critical. Any imperfections will show
through.

On thing to get paint off of fiberglass is to use oven cleaner. The old
"Easyoff" like mom used works great.

AWLGrip paint is the best "known" finish for fibreglass.
Yesterday, I was helping my friend to get his mooring ball off for the
winter.
Then I noticed the nice shiny finish on his outside rudder and cockpit
seats.
I asked him if this was painted with the two parts Interthane 990 paint that
I used 10 years ago. I replied yes.
Then I compared some recent AWlGrip jobs with the 10 years old Interthane
jobs.
The findings were that almost no scratches were found on the Interthane
finish. In opposition, the AWLGrip finished a few years ago shows scratches
and sighs of wear and tears. When I repaired the outside rudder and cockpit
seats I had use epoxy to for structural bonding and applied two coat of
Interthane.
Now many companies like Petit and the others are making two parts paints
that rivals with AWLGrip at a much lower price.




"Rick" wrote in message
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"Capt John" wrote in message
ups.com...

Benning Wentworth wrote:
The name of my boat, on the transom, has been on there for years. Long
before I bought her. I tried to remove the hailing port paint for a new
look last spring; couldn't get it all off. I tried all the usual
methods.

To sum up; the transom looks like ****.

I got to looking at sailboats on the net, especially the transom name,
look.
This got me thinking ??

What are your opinions of taping off the transom, dewax, sand, prime,
and
put on a coat of two part epoxy .. then a new name paint job over.

I realize the paint job won't match the remainder of the hull. It would
be
more bright, I'm sure. Would you paint the transom the same color as
the
boot stripe? Or, paint the color ( white in my case ) that closely
matches
the hull and paint the name the boot stripe color.

Transom opinions please ..

thanks

Painting transoms is not that uncommon, and a good guy should be able
to match the color unless it's a dark color and has faded (never get a
dark color hull, they all fade eventually, then your looking at a paint
job). You could even go with a completely differant color, as long as
the color looks good with the rest of the hull.

John


What you are planning sounds good. I would suggest using AWLGrip paint.
Many many folks have told me that this is the best and will last for
years. It is very glossy so surface prep is critical. Any imperfections
will show through.

On thing to get paint off of fiberglass is to use oven cleaner. The old
"Easyoff" like mom used works great.

Painting anywhere on the topsides of a boat should be the very LAST
thing you do. Once you paint, you're comitted to paint and paint and
paint as even the very best paints are only 'temporary' coatings.

Make a teeny 'test drilling' of the gelcoat to validate how thick the
original gelcoat. Do the drilling in the location for the new name so
that the new name covers the drilling. Then flat sand the gelcoat down
with progressively finer and finer wet and dry paper and a rubber
sanding block .... the teeny test hole will tell you 'how far' you can
flat-sand into the gel to remove the old name. Gel on transoms is
usually quite thick.
320---400 --600--1300---2000 grit wet & dry paper using a few drop
of dishwashing detergent and water as the sanding lubricant, then
powerbuff with 3M Finese-it and 3M perfect-it.

Forget paint as paint always ends up looking 'like ****' after a few
years; gelcoat is easy to flatsand and powerbuff and best of all its
'permanent'.


In article ThsXg.4586$WD1.1688@trndny04, Benning Wentworth
wrote:

The name of my boat, on the transom, has been on there for years. Long
before I bought her. I tried to remove the hailing port paint for a new
look last spring; couldn't get it all off. I tried all the usual methods.

To sum up; the transom looks like ****.

I got to looking at sailboats on the net, especially the transom name, look.
This got me thinking ??

What are your opinions of taping off the transom, dewax, sand, prime, and
put on a coat of two part epoxy .. then a new name paint job over.

I realize the paint job won't match the remainder of the hull. It would be
more bright, I'm sure. Would you paint the transom the same color as the
boot stripe? Or, paint the color ( white in my case ) that closely matches
the hull and paint the name the boot stripe color.

Transom opinions please ..

thanks