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    Posted: July-12-2021 at 11:53am
Has anyone had luck with painting the older faded nautiques ? 
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A wet sand and buff will yeild better and durable results. A neighbor painted his 70 Cuda with Imron and it looked like $hit within 2 years. Dock rash that can't be buffed out. 


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OK Thanks for the info.

your thoughts on wet sand pads and a restorer to finish it off with?

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Joe,
Here's a link to a thread that covers a wet sand and buff:


The tread is one of many great ones that cover almost anything you want to know about our CC's. You can find them in the FAQ thread that's a sticky in the maintenance section of the forums. If you get a chance, take a look. Here's the FAQ's.


How bad is your boat? What year is it? 


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1981 
faded paint more on back end than sides.  gelcoat is dull on top.

completing motor work and interior.



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Sounds quite recoverable. Look that over
Also just remember, its not supposed to be bright white like today's boats, its ivory. 
though some have a grey base, much less common.
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Yes color I think to be ivory.
Darn.
You did such a good job on this refinishing issue....

I suppose you might  know where to find an emblem like this.


thanks for the help
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Originally posted by 8122pbrainard 8122pbrainard wrote:

A neighbor painted his 70 Cuda with Imron and it looked like $hit within 2 years. Dock rash that can't be buffed out. 

So he used it for a total of 2 weeks when the ice was out?  Sounds more like your neighbor either - can't drive or just doesn't take care of anything Wink. Shamrock just spent 7 years in south Florida and sat in a carport through hurricane Irma. Not a scratch in it's Imron. It's all how you take care of them - can't buff dock rash out of the Dumphy can you?

As to the original poster - it will be cheaper and most likely faster and easier to buff yours out, you are probably talking 2k easily in supplies alone to Imron yours and the fact Imron cannot be submerged for any length of time. My Shamrock has bottom paint,you wouldn't want that on your boat. I always like to use these two pictures to show what can be done with sanding and polishing. It's not perfect by any means,gel defects cannot be over come but from 20 feet looks great.






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WOW.  Pretty!  

Will let you know.  
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Joe,
Gary's Mustang he uses as an example is an extreme case but does show what can be done with the wet sand and buff. 



Also, would you believe that the condition of the Mustang in the picture above was from being in the water for only 2 days! He lives on the Fox river down stream of the Fox Chain of lakes in Illinois. Wink


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And thought Galveston bay water was bad on boats.

Stainless even rusts here.


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My nephew bought a 1978 Keaton Jet boat that had some damage and he wanted a color change so he painted it.  It has had little use in less than 10 years but already has scratches that look bad and are not easy to fix.  Fresh painted it looked new, 10 years later it looks OK but gel coats age so much better.
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That is one beautiful color on that Mustang! What a come back!
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Originally posted by plumberjo plumberjo wrote:

And thought Galveston bay water was bad on boats.

Stainless even rusts here.


Roger that. I lived in Houston 12 hears but most of my time was spent on the industrial side of Galveston. We operate inland River barges, ICW barges and ocean-going vessels. EVERYTHING rusts there. I never took my Ski Nautique anywhere near Galveston.

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