Her first day home from the boat yard. The hull was supposed to have been sand blasted and primed.A decent bottom job was supposed to have been done. We will see. This beautiful vessel is owned by a good buddy of mine. After four months of sitting in a local boat yard, without a lot of progress being made, we decided to bring it to my place where she can get the attention that she deserves. In the pictures that follow, you can see what to look for in a good paint job. You can also see what happens if you don't take the time to properly care for these boats.

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Thanks for posting the pics! I too am in the middle of a total restoration and will begin painting soon. I was going with the interlux and have not heard of system three. I look forward to seeing the progress
Stan

Facebook requires a login to get to the pictures. I do not have one, and don't want one. I don't want facebook to even know that I exist. Pretty boat, I believe that my 28' was a lot nicer looking than my 32'. I gave up a lot for four feet. You will love her.

Most of what you show there is pretty familiar. I guess you will have to sand or wire-brush to get down to either sound paint, or bare metal. Don't forget to etch the metal. FastJeff has a technique for deck fittings: He drills out the bad holes and installs rivnuts, then uses a machine screw to replace the fitting. This has worked well for me. I installed a folding ladder onto the swim platform, and chocks for the (heavy) dingy, using rivnuts and they worked fine. You can get them at http://www.mcmaster.com/#rivet-nuts/=dzsbhg

The best thing about rivet nuts is that all the work is "on top", no one has to go underneath to hold a nut. I install them with a large rivet gun, but you can use a machine screw and a couple of nuts. I put sealer on them before putting them in, and then wipe off the excess. No leaks. If you get stainless flathead socket capscrews for the fittings, it looks awesome.

More progress. I removed all the trim panels from the inside of the cockpit area. Preppin it for the removal of the hard top

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Also removing the wood trim from around the door.

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Here is the hardtop, removed and sanded with 36 grit then 140 , 220, etc

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All the wood trim pieces from around the inside of the window must be removed. the screws are on the outside. This was done after I removed the window track.

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After the window trim is off you can try the panel out a bit and get the cleat that is right outside the port window.

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Ok so about painting outside. Humidity and temperature are always a concern. I have worked for Trinity Yachts, for almost five years before going back to college in 2010,as an aluminum welder and systems analyst. Trinity builds mega-yachts in the 160-200 ft range. I assure you that there is no temperature or humidity control when painting a boat that big. Thats why I'm using System Three products. Water-born epoxies lend themselves to such environments. and I assure you that a Trinity paint job is as smooth as any glass boat you've ever seen. They did pitch a scaffold supported tent for particle control and at the end of the day, Id take painting inside any day if I could. So I am hopeful it will work out just fine. (crossing fingers)