Re: hull extension in progress with pics
Hello everyone,
It's 9:00am Saturday Jan 14th 2012 and I was reading iboat on how to choose between paint or gel coat and one user lead me to this hull extension. I'm in Orange County, Southern California. After only spend about an hour reading a few threads, I was crying and reading all the stuff that Oops and you guys posted during more than 3 years ago, it was amazing. The threads were truly inspired people and I'm sure a lot of newbies like me got so much energy to do a big thing after reading this threads. I wish other people have a chance to read this too, but they will if they really want to learn.
Here is my story, just want to share and show you how I got so much inspired from this Hull Extension.
I just bought a classic 1986 17' Boston Whaler Montauk, it's probably went through the hurricane in Texas, the previous own paint the boat with some type of white house pain, it was so terrible. I have no idea so I decided to paint it. I took it to the shop and after the owner look over it, he told me the paint job inside and out would cost me $3,500 not including $400 to remove the engine, not including all the parts if some how they broke when they took it out. So just the paint job it will cost me well over $4000, and that's crazy. I thought the max I would be charged was about $2000.
While I was at another shop to re-power my engine, the owner told me, just sand it and use a brush to paint. He said it will be much better than what I have now. So I decide to paint it myself, and that was only a few days ago.
While I was reading all the stuff about how to paint, what kind of pain, how to sand and fix the glass underneath, there was another idea came up. What about Gel coat?
Last night (Friday the 13th of 2012) I continued reading the how to's and came to Iboat's thread. I have to get the boat to the yard for fixing and painting today or Sunday and have to rent the space for $150 a month to work on my project. I will post some pics if you guys want. I hope not to waste your time reading my thread but as other newbies, I am very confused right now and nervous too because I have no idea to paint or not to paint (never done it before, just the house stuff). I don't mind spending the $$$ to get the tools, machines, materials to paint or gel coat but I want to do it right at least not $4000. So I called another boat painter to look for another bid and he charge $1700 to paint just the outside and $2500 for the gelcoat just the outside, he told me the gel coat will stand better with time and specially when the hull got caught in bottom sand.
I like the gelcoat but opinions on Iboats are so divided. So if you were me, what's your idea? Paint or Gel?
I want to get this to another thread but since I read this thread I want to start here so Moderator can move me to other place if he sees if more proper. Hopefully from this thread it will end my confusion so I can start preparing for my first ever big project. Whether it paint or gel coat I will post pics to share with the community.
I thank you the user that lead me here, thank you Oops for starting everything, the moderator and all of you guys. I'm stop crying now and so happy that I found this threads. Spring is about to be here so I will put my Montauk to the water before summer begin. I do have fun so far and that's all Iboat about.
Thanks million,
Merlot Stone
