painting costs?

[PressureDrop]

how much should/would it cost to have a 20 sprayed, just for the paint and the spraying, ill do all the priming myself, but what would it cost for a boatyard to spray it? also, should i rip out the whole mess of shotty wiring, or try to organize it, daddy says leave it, but i dont think he knows what hes talking about

[Scott]

Ben

You would be better off talking with some paint shops in your area. If memory serves me your in Florida...and should have no issues with getting someone to spray the boat.

Be forewarned I've tried to get that same question answered up here and no one is too willing to do it….seems they want all or nothing not to mention they may not guarantee their work with your prep work…Plus much more expensive up north These quotes are for a 23.

Bottom line to get my hull sprayed up here I’ve been quoted $3,000 to 4,000 last quote …was for $150 a foot (third quote) providing there is no major prep work needed. Inside the boat ……. forget about it anywhere from $6,500 to 9,000.

Fellow-Ship has received some much lower quotes….

What about roll and tipping yourself???

If your wiring is truly messed up you should think about replacing it. Chances are corrosion has crawled up the insulation ……. That’s not good.

[ May 07, 2002, 10:03 PM: Message edited by: Scott ]

[FELLOW-SHIP]

HA BEN
YOU COULD BE TALKING SOME MAJOR $$$ I GOT QUOTES ALL THE WAY UP TO $6,000 ON A 23’ IN AND OUT INCLUDING DOING THE BOTTOM. I ENDED UP PAINTING IT MYSELF IT CAME OUT LOOKING VERY GOOD WITH ROLE & TIP METHOD. COST ME ABOUT $800 FOR THE PAINT, PRIMER BRUSHES AND TAPE. I HAD SOME ONE ELSE RE GEL COAT THE BOTTOM FOR ME. YOU CAN TAKE THE BOAT FOR QUOTES AFTER YOU FAIR AND PRIME WITH THE PAINT MANUFACTURER YOU WANT TO BE USED ON THE FINAL COAT. THAT WAY YOU WOULD GET THE CHEAPEST PRICE FOR SOMEONE TO JUST TAPE AND SHOOT THE HULL. I GOT ONE GUY TO GIVE ME A QUOTE OF $150 PER APPLICATION OR PASS. SO IF 3 COATS ON OUTSIDE AND 3 COATS INSIDE WOULD HAVE COST $900 AND ME FURNISH THE PAINT AND DO THE TAPE.
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[PressureDrop]

Fellowship - your in broward, im in west palm, anychance you could come up here one day over the summer and get me started on the roll and tip method, and how to do it right, or if theres anyone in here from the west palm area that happens to have a sprayer and wants to help me out, lemme know!

Ben

[FELLOW-SHIP]

HA BEN
IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO COME DOWN TO MY PLACE ON A SAT AFTERNOON OR SUNDAY I COULD BOTH SHOW YOU MY BOAT AND SHOW YOU HOW TO DO IT. I WILL BE TIED UP UNTIL THE END OF JUNE THOUGH. GOING DOWN TO THE KEYS AND THE CRUNCH IS ON TO GET FINISHED PLUS A NUMBER OF HONEY DO THIS AND HONEY DO THAT PROJECTS I HAVE BEEN PUTTING OFF NEED TO BE DONE.
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[markdpm]

I ended up painting myself after a freind in the business quoted me a price of $3,500 just for the painting. What I did was strip the entire boat and marine texed every little nick and scratch then power sanded the entire gel coat from the outer rubrail inward. This alone took over a week, then I primed the inside deck and the upper deck (23' Sceptre model) and used a one part Easy Poxy off white from Pettit. I ended up redoing almost all of the wires, the teak and some fiberglass at the battery boxes. It took me a month but as my brother says it is a brand new boat. My freinds cant beleive it, neither can I. I started with a test hatch to see how it would turn out and after the paint dried, it leveled off and looked very professional. Total cost around $300. Ill be posting pictures soon. Mark

[squidrig]

Hey Mark,
Quick question, what kind of primer did you use before painting? Looking to do a very similar project, did a test area and the the primer I used started to bubble. I imagine that I was putting a latex primer(highly recommended even for applying on a oil based paint...very skeptical but tried it anyways) the previous topside was an oil based paint. I stripped the test area and put an oil base primer down last night and will soon find out the results. Just curious about your experience though. Thanks...

[Scott]

Squidrig

What are you using an oil-based paint on?

I'm no painting guru by any means ... but dont you want something with a harder finish then that. There are lots or marine paints out there and Mark mentions one of them .. Easypoxy...I believe Billybob also used that coating....then you have the two part epoxies... Awlgrip, Sterling, Imron, Interspray...These are all real tough epoxy coatings suited for the marine environment...real hard finish high gloss and scratch and scuff resistant. As far as a primer goes at least for the epoxies use what the manufacturer recommends so you get a compatible strong bond. The fact that your primer is "bubbling" is a little scary....your whole paint job could peel up because of that...Even with the epoxy paints I've seen them peel if not prepped properly (the whole foredeck of a sportfishing boat I used to work on did this)

Fellow-Ship, as you may have read, has totally repainted his boat with one of these two parts......I'm sure he would be more than willing to lend some advice.

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Scott

[squidrig]

Hey Scott,

I was curious to see if you had to match your primer say the EasyPoxy Paint by Petit to the EasyPoxy Primer? I ended up calling a local marina and the head parts guy recommended an Interlux primer that can be used with the Easypoxy. Either way your input helped...thanks.