Patch and Refinish

Hello,

The situation is this: I am a first time Sk owner. I am trying to do a little patch work on the boat as well as refinish the outside paint. I have been told that the paint job on the boat now is not the original paint. As you can see in the pics. Where the boat is scratched you can see red in some spots gray in some. I really don't mind the color of the boat now but if i keep it this way i would have to fill in the scratches and refinish. I also thought i might want to sand the boat down to its original coat(Which i think is RED). The paint on it now is not gel coated i am told. I feel that i need some idea of the hull color before i pick color for carpet or seats. So From Experience what would be less expensive to do. Please feel free.

I agree with Tim, plus the red deck on red hull is a great look!

I'm going through the same process as time allows on my project Skier. I wet sanded with 600 grit on the transom with great results.

Joe mentioned it may be best to use some 200 grit dry just to remove the paint and then wet sand to bring back the gel. That theory will be tested on some rainy day this summer.

Theres no reason to fix the scratches in order to use the boat- theyre cosmetic only. Just put it in the water and plan to fix it in the off season.

For the interior, I would match it to the eventual color (red) or keep it neutral (white). No sense in matching the current paint job, especially since its in poor shape.

Phil,
I agree with everything said. Get it in the water now and remove the paint off season. Trying to fix scratchs in paint are difficult and the reason body work on a car usually involves complete body panels.

as far as patching the nose of the boat and the eye in the front, are we looking at major construction or a minor project. What should i do first patch the whole then sand the whole boat or patch after stripping boat?

Inexperienced
72Smoothie

I agree. Run it as is this summer and then take your time to do it right in the offseason.

Mine is a 72 Skier. I wouldn't doubt yours being a 72, but I would question the model. Your bow looks to be too long for it to be a Skier or Ski Nautique. Maybe an early Martinique?

72smoothie wrote: So what can I do to make the hull in the interim to improve apperearence. Also i have already bought new carpet to install should I go ahead and put it in even though I still plan to sand and paint at a later date Thanks for post very helpful Impatient 72smoothie

I sure wouldn't let the outside hold you back on the carpet but what about the inside? That boat has seen plenty of hard usage. That and it being a 72 tells me the chances are high there are stringer issues. What have you done to check them? Have you checked the strut/shaft/log/engine alignment?

Regarding the hull appearance, I suggest you read the responces again. Yes, you are impatient! Paint? I thought you agreed to see what the original gel looked like!

Alignment video from the forum "new" section
Tell us what you find after taking the feeler gauges to the space between the coupling halves.

What boards did you replace? Any details on how you determined the stringers are "solid"?