Trinidad, Venezuela, and other boat-work stories
 

So for $500 the guy sprayed 3 coats of Awlgrip. Wow, sounds like he works
for Maaco!

-- Geoff

"Bruce" wrote in
:

It was a 45' and the painter put on three coats of Awlgrip. Great
gloss, no runs, little orange peel, few bugs. At 5', looks good.:)

Trinidad, Venezuela, and other boat-work stories
 

On Wed, 19 Nov 2003 04:32:26 GMT, "Geoffrey W. Schultz"
wrote:

So for $500 the guy sprayed 3 coats of Awlgrip. Wow, sounds like he works
for Maaco!
===========================================

The going rate at Maaco is closer to $1200 if you need any significant
dent removal (and that's the usual reason for being there). I tried
to get them to spray one of our cars with Awlgrip but they said they
didn't have the right safety gear. They actually do a half way decent
job for the price although no one will confuse it with a new Toyota
quality paint job, or a new Hinckley either to keep this on topic.

Trinidad, Venezuela, and other boat-work stories
 

On Wed, 19 Nov 2003 04:32:26 GMT, "Geoffrey W. Schultz"
wrote:

So for $500 the guy sprayed 3 coats of Awlgrip. Wow, sounds like he works
for Maaco!
===========================================

The going rate at Maaco is closer to $1200 if you need any significant
dent removal (and that's the usual reason for being there). I tried
to get them to spray one of our cars with Awlgrip but they said they
didn't have the right safety gear. They actually do a half way decent
job for the price although no one will confuse it with a new Toyota
quality paint job, or a new Hinckley either to keep this on topic.

Trinidad, Venezuela, and other boat-work stories
 

What kind of paint did they use on your boat. When I was there, they had a
fantastic painter and used Sikens paint. They did beautiful work...much
better than Trinadad. Why did you put on a clear coat?

We are talking about the do it yourself crowd here. For $500 he got his
boat sprayed. When you think about it, that is a lot of money for 3 hours
work but then again he came with paint gun, pressure pot and aircompressor.
The amount of money you pay for a paint job is totally dependent on the
talent of the prep guys. The pickier you get the higher the price because
the last thing you want to do is use high dollar paint as a primer. Another
point is not to get to wrapped up in the hull paint job. I don't want to
think about the $6000 I invested in my paint job when a local rams you boat
with his wooden launch as he trys to sell you undersized reef fish. He
doesn't know you invested that kind of money and to him, a paint job is red
and yellow house paint and a brush.

When I was selecting a paint, I elected to buy a product based on the
properties of the paint. The Eclipse I put on my boat is more elastic and
resist chipping much better than Awlgrip. It also has much better chemical
resistant properties. My second choice would be Sikens because the damage
caused by the boat boy can be repaired. Eclipse and Awlgrip can't
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"Geoffrey W. Schultz" wrote in message
4.17...
I had 3 coats of Royal Blue and 2 coats of clear coat. For $500 what
did your friend get?

-- Geoff

Trinidad, Venezuela, and other boat-work stories
 

What kind of paint did they use on your boat. When I was there, they had a
fantastic painter and used Sikens paint. They did beautiful work...much
better than Trinadad. Why did you put on a clear coat?

We are talking about the do it yourself crowd here. For $500 he got his
boat sprayed. When you think about it, that is a lot of money for 3 hours
work but then again he came with paint gun, pressure pot and aircompressor.
The amount of money you pay for a paint job is totally dependent on the
talent of the prep guys. The pickier you get the higher the price because
the last thing you want to do is use high dollar paint as a primer. Another
point is not to get to wrapped up in the hull paint job. I don't want to
think about the $6000 I invested in my paint job when a local rams you boat
with his wooden launch as he trys to sell you undersized reef fish. He
doesn't know you invested that kind of money and to him, a paint job is red
and yellow house paint and a brush.

When I was selecting a paint, I elected to buy a product based on the
properties of the paint. The Eclipse I put on my boat is more elastic and
resist chipping much better than Awlgrip. It also has much better chemical
resistant properties. My second choice would be Sikens because the damage
caused by the boat boy can be repaired. Eclipse and Awlgrip can't
--
See how our Endeavour is progressing at
www.cruisinglife.net/horizonproject.htm
"Geoffrey W. Schultz" wrote in message
4.17...
I had 3 coats of Royal Blue and 2 coats of clear coat. For $500 what
did your friend get?

-- Geoff