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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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 |
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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 |
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