Marinette Boat Forum

Hello, I painted mine with Awlgrip, Snow white and Jet Black. It is very very very bright white. Love it. In Awlgrip color code I think the Hatteras White is close to the orginal Egg White. Awlgrip is Bad Ass paint!!!! Make shure you understand their paint system very well before you start. Awlgrip is very,very expensive. And has little room for error. If you don't have to take it all the way to bare aluminum "DONT" As to the stripes I used the 3M yellow masking tape. I found it to work best. You need it to stretch, and bend a little and not tare. Doing stripes you will need a lot of tape. "DO NOT" remove the water line!!!! If you remove it completely it is almost impossible to get it back right." TRUST ME" Clean the water line edge and tape it very nice and paint the top edge , then remove the tape and ,and tape it again on the top , and paint the bottom, "NEVER lose the factory line . The top stripes you will need different size tape. 3" and 2" and 1" Use the rub rail and work down. I hope this makes sense Joe Buy the most expensive" TAPE" The cheap stuff will let the paint bleed through. dont get cheap here.

Can you post a pic of the black and white . That has been one combo that I keep talking about.

I used the Interlux Hatteras Off White 1991 ( there are two close versions). The Interlux Brightside is soft and easy to touch up and blends in well. Epoxy is almost impossible to repair. I raised my water line by about 2-3 inches which helps to hide the muddy river scum line as I like to stay in most winters. If the forecast for Sunday holds at 53 degrees and Sunny for Louisville we'll go out !

You have a lot of water coming your way.

Forcast for about 17ft, depends on how drift looks. May not be too bad as it's already gone to 23 ft, and maybe it has cleaned out the brush that ends up every fall thrown in our creeks. My Props are already bunged up and I usually pull in Spring and swop the spare set. Thanks for the warning but I really need a fix. We had about 1.6 inches down here.

While interesting, last two posts are off topic for this thread (paint color) - please put them in the correct department. thanks

Here's mine before and after a full blown paint job:

https://jnap.smugmug.com/Boats/1977-28-Marinette/

I wanted the nonskid to be a lighter blue and that would have looked fine. The darker color can be hot on the feet.

Good luck,


Joe

Looks great!

My Way I sent you a private message with my email address. I have pics butt to big for the sight. Easier to send them to you. Joe

Rockit did u do the paint your self?