I was quoted 4000 to repaint the bottom hull of my 1988 20-foot hardtop Marlin

[Joe936]

I feel like $4,000 a little ridiculous to do the bottom of my boat is this quote overpriced

 

[Boisebiker]

What do you need done to the bottom hull?

 

[Joe936]

A repaint

 

[Ned L]

A repaint

Uhm,... that can be antifouling bottom paint, new gel coat, epoxy paint,... ,... . What codition is "the bottom" in all scraped and gouged, or just cosmetically scuffed?
Some more information would be helpful.

 

[dingbat]

If bottom paint, what kind? How old?

 

[ondarvr]

And do you mean just below the water line, or up to the rub rail.

And is there paint on there that needs to be removed.

 

[Joe936]

The bottom has been painted couple times before from previous owners so he's going to have to remove paint. Bottom hull good shape just previous paint is chipping and flaking from water line down. He's also painting all the way up to the rub rail he said he's going to do two layers paint,epoxy and Prime. He's going to be using all Marina paint. My boat 1988 Marlin sportfisher.

 

[ondarvr]

It's not high for a good job with high end materials

 

[Joe936]

Thank you!

 

[Scott Danforth]

removing the paint is a lot of labor..... about 25-30 hours of sanding and prep. at about $100 per hour, that is most of your cost. the materials will be another $600-$1000

if you want it done cheaper, get a 7" DA with a big arse compressor and some 80 grid pads and start sanding