Star0210
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- Joined
- May 7, 2016
- Messages
- 906
- Location
- US
- Vessel Name
- Sea Star
- Vessel Make
- 2004 Cruisers Yachts 50SS
So our new (OLD) boat looks like an old wrinkled hag. She needs a face lift.
I've read tons of threads here and elsewhere on the topic to try and figure it out myself but the amount of information is quite overwhelming. Please go easy on me and pretend you're talking to a 5 yr old. Lol
We got a estimate of $11k from a professional on having the whole topside repainted. I'm not ready to spend that much money for that and besides I need stuff to do while hubby fools with mechanical and electrical stuff. And I figure the worst case is I screw it up or do a really bad job and will end up having to spend the money to get it done professionally in the end anyway.
So here's what we've got. Someone at some point did a really bad halfa$$ job of painting the boat in places and apparently used house paint. I mean really sloppy work. For example on the front of the flybridge, they didn't remove the canvas on the front windows when they painted. They painted up to the bottom of the canvas. Lolks so bad when the canvas is off. On the transom door they painted like half the door but apparently didn't want to bother with trying to paint neatly around the hinges so they just stopped before getting close to the hinges.
It's peeling off in several places. There's also a couple of really bad patch jobs where I guess they tried to fix dings or something in the fiberglass.
So my questions are:
1. what is the best way to remove the old paint? I assume I will need to sand it all off? Can I use a little palm sander to do this or is that too rough?
2. Can I work in small sections with natural break points like the front of the flybridge or one side of the flybridge when I actually get to the painting part or do I really need to get the whole boat prepped and then paint all at one time?
3. Those few sloppy patches...can I just sand those down smooth?
4. I want to remove the black vinyl stripe around the flybridge because it's ugly and faded. Is a heat gun the easiest way to remove that?
Thanks in advance for any tips or advice you can offer!
I've read tons of threads here and elsewhere on the topic to try and figure it out myself but the amount of information is quite overwhelming. Please go easy on me and pretend you're talking to a 5 yr old. Lol
We got a estimate of $11k from a professional on having the whole topside repainted. I'm not ready to spend that much money for that and besides I need stuff to do while hubby fools with mechanical and electrical stuff. And I figure the worst case is I screw it up or do a really bad job and will end up having to spend the money to get it done professionally in the end anyway.
So here's what we've got. Someone at some point did a really bad halfa$$ job of painting the boat in places and apparently used house paint. I mean really sloppy work. For example on the front of the flybridge, they didn't remove the canvas on the front windows when they painted. They painted up to the bottom of the canvas. Lolks so bad when the canvas is off. On the transom door they painted like half the door but apparently didn't want to bother with trying to paint neatly around the hinges so they just stopped before getting close to the hinges.
It's peeling off in several places. There's also a couple of really bad patch jobs where I guess they tried to fix dings or something in the fiberglass.
So my questions are:
1. what is the best way to remove the old paint? I assume I will need to sand it all off? Can I use a little palm sander to do this or is that too rough?
2. Can I work in small sections with natural break points like the front of the flybridge or one side of the flybridge when I actually get to the painting part or do I really need to get the whole boat prepped and then paint all at one time?
3. Those few sloppy patches...can I just sand those down smooth?
4. I want to remove the black vinyl stripe around the flybridge because it's ugly and faded. Is a heat gun the easiest way to remove that?
Thanks in advance for any tips or advice you can offer!