Matt me Matie!
Couple things about black... although it is in many instances a strikingly beautiful color:
- Solar rays love to heat up black. Sunny days in general, i.e. reflections off the water for the hull; flat out straight on rays for top sides. Boat's insides can get really HOT!
- Black cars are difficult to keep looking really clean - boats too. Black easily displays white salt streaks.
- When black goes dull for any reason in any portion that shows noticeably when sun reflects onto it.
- I imagine that black color is a hard color to spot by search planes... if ever necessary.
- Depending on the background... Black often makes things look smaller that lighter colors because it absorbs light.
IMHO - Although black is one of the most strikingly beautiful colors for a boat hull or sides of its superstructure that color's heat absorption on sunny days is just too much. For decks it's a flaming no, no.
Think carefully on color choices for SOLSTICE. Flic should be good counsel on that... you guys final boat appearance is one of the items that will make her very happy to have been part of the choice.
Happy Color Choice Daze! - Art
PS: Don likes everything that's hot! - LOL
Art, if I wanted to be practical, I wouldn't own 3 boats.
Pfffft lol
Anyone that strips a boat to its keel and rebuilds it is hardly afraid of a paint job
Sometime after the splash I'm hoping to post the results of my beer cooler inspection live from the duckboard of Solstice.
Talk about a "Bird's Eye View"!!
The sand on the beach rolls
Obviously - not you! Kidding aside... Can't you simply keep surface uniformly san paper roughened to creating a tooth hold for high quality paint, in color of choice, with sand added for a non-skid sandy finish?
I recently made our 92 yr Matriarch's house "disable friendly" by building ramp entry to her front door. Used high-grade exterior plywood and painted it three coats. Second coat I liberally sprinkled in 100 mesh sand. Third coat made it look good. Pretty easy to get uniform surface that is virtually non skid. I imagine by playing with (experimenting with) quality marine paints and different mesh sands you may be able to easily concoct a process that is easy to apply and good to look at... as well as being durable for years of "safe" enjoyment. Best Luck!
Nah mate I'm using Kiwigrip. Have used it in the past and love it. Just had to work out a pattern on the foredeck/cabin roof area so it didn't look like an after thought
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