To paint or not to paint?
 

I got a couple rough spots on the bottom on my Delta Craft from an accident 2 summers ago. I got them patched up while on the trailer so theres no leaking and they are solid. I kept saying last year Id do it after hunting season and didnt get around to it. Im thinking of tearing her down and flipping to finish it off correctly and spray her seafoam green on the bottom while Im at it. Thoughts?





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It would likely be rubrail down and new black stripes.

ugly boats occupy a lot less of your time working(cleaning, washing, waxing, etc) and more time fishing

good. The same could be said for women

once you paint, you will always have to paint

I had to laugh at that one :haha:

I'd leave it alone and let the next owner worry about it 10-20 years from now...

It'll still be me I hope.

Stink, you do good work from what I've seen. I say do it. Seafoam with a white cap will look nice and really make her yours.

X2 Leave it alone.. It is like putting seat covers on a pick-up truck. Who are you saving it for? Besides, the fish don't care.. I heed my own advice, my skiff has bare glass showing in many places.:nice:
That means it gets used...

Thats how i feel about my 18 ft scow!!!! Im getting ready to strip and refit/paint her at the end of the summer.

Vic's right...let er be...even if it's still your 20 years from now, it'll be worth more w/no bottom paint on it...
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My boat is a bit beat looking, but I still think about painting it. It will happen at some point because gelcoat matching is difficult, I prefer two part paint.

Paint is easier to touch up, or even do a full repaint. I'm 5/6 done sanding my 46' sloop for a repaint. The first time my brother and I put in 12 man hours for two months fairing and painting it. It had many star cracks in the gelcoat from poor layup. This time it only needs about 8 -10 hours more work because the hull is so fair.

When it comes to small boats like this, why not, there is so little to do! I bet you could do in 20-25 hours. The hard part is finding a clean place to paint it.


I have mixed feelings on this though because it is so easy to wet sand gelcoat with 600 grit or 1200 and make it look pretty good. I might prefer to have all gelcoat even if some of it looked a bit off color. I hate working with gelcoat though because it seems to be all rework. With paint you make forward progress.