My Christmas Present

« **on:** December 24, 2013, 11:57:27 PM »

Giving my boat a new coat of paint tomorrow as a Christmas present to myself. Going with white base and silver pin striping and accents. Spent all day sanding it down today.

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« **Reply #1 on:** December 25, 2013, 07:42:14 AM »

Quote from: tamsone6 on December 24, 2013, 11:57:27 PM

Giving my boat a new coat of paint tomorrow as a Christmas present to myself. Going with white base and silver pin striping and accents. Spent all day sanding it down today.

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what kind of paint are you gonna use?

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« **Reply #2 on:** December 25, 2013, 08:24:35 AM »

PPG base/clear.

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« **Reply #3 on:** December 25, 2013, 09:57:55 AM »

Quote from: tamsone6 on December 25, 2013, 08:24:35 AM

PPG base/clear.

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is that a gel coat?

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« **Reply #4 on:** December 25, 2013, 10:00:10 AM »

No I'm using auto paint on it. I'm leaving the original gel coat on the bottom but the rest of it is coming off, it was cracking pretty bad.

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« **Reply #5 on:** December 25, 2013, 10:04:33 AM »

Quote from: tamsone6 on December 25, 2013, 10:00:10 AM

No I'm using auto paint on it. I'm leaving the original gel coat on the bottom but the rest of it is coming off, it was cracking pretty bad.

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oh ok. I was just curious cuz me and my bro are gonna paint his boat.

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« **Reply #6 on:** December 25, 2013, 10:05:30 AM »

Are you doing a gel coat on it?

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« **Reply #7 on:** December 25, 2013, 10:07:57 AM »

Is your boat a Taylor of California?

« **Reply #8 on:** December 25, 2013, 10:11:00 AM »

Quote from: tamsone6 on December 25, 2013, 10:05:30 AM

Are you doing a gel coat on it?

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im not sure how were gonna do it just yet. I used spray paint on the transome of my boat and it tuned out pretty good. The river people was etched on the boat so I filled it with glass bondo then primer/filler then spray paint.

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« **Reply #9 on:** December 25, 2013, 10:16:49 AM »

Yeah it's a Taylor.

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« **Reply #10 on:** December 25, 2013, 10:19:32 AM »

Quote from: 74 SleekCraft on December 25, 2013, 10:11:00 AM

im not sure how were gonna do it just yet. I used spray paint on the transome of my boat and it tuned out pretty good. The river people was etched on the boat so I filled it with glass bondo then primer/filler then spray paint.

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What's the boat in the background?

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« **Reply #11 on:** December 25, 2013, 10:20:51 AM »

Quote from: tamsone6 on December 25, 2013, 10:19:32 AM

What's the boat in the background?

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thats my bros rogers 18ft. That's the boat were gonna paint.

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« **Reply #12 on:** December 25, 2013, 10:22:33 AM »

Ahh what color you going with?

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« **Reply #13 on:** December 25, 2013, 10:30:03 AM »

Gonna keep the same colors scheme.

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« **Reply #14 on:** December 25, 2013, 12:01:54 PM »

Did u fiberglass that rear lip on the boat?

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« **Reply #15 on:** December 25, 2013, 12:42:49 PM »

the lip is how they came new. It's to keep the ass end planted at triple digit speeds.

« **Reply #16 on:** December 25, 2013, 02:49:05 PM »

Nah it pretty much looked exactly how it does in the pics when I bought it. Thing is huge at 21.5' still does about 60-65 with a pretty mild 460. Rides a little rough in choppy water but I can't complain, picked it up for 600 bucks and pretty much all it needed was to have the carb rebuilt.

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« **Reply #17 on:** December 25, 2013, 05:59:55 PM »

Done with the white.

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« **Reply #18 on:** December 25, 2013, 06:36:02 PM »

That looks great nice job

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« **Reply #19 on:** December 25, 2013, 06:42:33 PM »

Looks like a pretty sick boat

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« **Reply #20 on:** December 25, 2013, 07:48:05 PM »

Quote from: tamsone6 on December 25, 2013, 05:59:55 PM

Done with the white.

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do you paint for a living or just your projects

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« **Reply #21 on:** December 25, 2013, 07:52:40 PM »

Quote from: jamiemwedmore1234 on December 25, 2013, 07:48:05 PM

do you paint for a living or just your projects

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Just my projects and occasionally some of my friends cars when they wreck them haha

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« **Reply #22 on:** December 25, 2013, 08:57:44 PM »

Quote from: tamsone6 on December 25, 2013, 07:52:40 PM

Just my projects and occasionally some of my friends cars when they wreck them haha

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im in the middle of prepping my boat for paint and I'm far from a painter learning as I go but I'm patching bolt holes in the bow and the 3"vent hole in the rear of the boat

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« **Reply #23 on:** December 25, 2013, 09:02:04 PM »

That's pretty much how I learn everything.

Just gotta give it a try haha a little research on google can always help too. Yeah it's funny how many holes those things get in them over time. I must have filled in at least 30.

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« **Reply #24 on:** December 27, 2013, 01:28:02 PM »

Bout 10 hours of color sanding and buffing and I'm finally just about halfway done. Starting to look real nice.

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