Has anyone painted the hull?

[mvldyjoan]

Tired of the constant buff/wax required in S Florida. I have considered a ceramic coat but notice that lots of other blue hull owners of other makes down here just bite the bullet and paint it. I have experience with Awlgrip on a previous vessel, none with Awlcraft, just wondering what the Tug nation thinks. Definitely will be a professional job whatever I decide to do.

 

[LMRanger]

We have a 2015 R25SC.
The previous owner hit a pier and made a small hole in the side about one foot below the top deck on port side about the area where the front of the cabin is.
When we bought the boat one specification was that the boat yard fix the hole. This was Inland Boat Center in near Riverside Ca.
When they did the repair they over sanded/compounded the side and you could see the white gel coat through the paint.
When we got the boat in San Diego we had several paint shops look at it to quote repainting that area.
We were told the paint is LP and they would have to paint the entire side to make it match.
We were quoted from 13,000 to 23,000 to paint the whole boat.
We found a company here in San Diego that does custom boat wraps.
They wrapped the boat, port and starboard from the stem to the transom from the rub rail to the top strake for 3500 boat bucks. That included the haul out and blocking at a boat yard.
We never have to wax the hull and 4 years later it still looks like the day they applied the wrap.

Ralph

 

[DBBRanger]

Just had my Flag Blue 2008 R25 painted with Awlcraft2000 and it is GORGEOUS! Yeah, no more waxing, in fact they say "do not wax" after painting - that's good for me. The painter is the key to a great job: one must have a lot of experience with the Awlgrip products. My first try ended in disaster because I used a local painter that does RV's who said he had experience (my home state of Colorado is not a boating center!). I got my money back on that one but since we travel between Colorado and Florida, I found a good painter in Texas. I had tried to have it done in Florida but, as you can imagine, the demand there for good painters is high because of hurricane damage.

I was told the main difference between Awlgrip and Awlcraft2000 is that Awgrip requires the job to be perfect after spraying - no touch up can be done (polishing Awlgrip to remove orange peel or other defects negates the warranty). Imperfect areas of Awlcraft2000 can be fixed after spraying and also after scratches or scrapes from normal usage of the boat. Awlgrip can't be fixed easily. Awlgrip is harder and longer lasting however.

I had the hull, waterline stripe, cabin belly band stripe and chimney stripe painted with 4 coats of primer and 5 coats of top paint (the eyebrows were painted the first time and I’m hoping that painting lasts).

The hull looks like a mirror when standing beside it.

If anyone needs a painter, I highly recommend Simpson Yacht Painting in Seabrook, TX - Jose Yanez - (281) 381 6938.

 

[CaspersCruiser]

I had the hull on my 2012 R27 painted with Alexseal by Huckins Yacht in Jacksonville, Florida last year. I’m very pleased with it. An advantage with Alexseal is that it can be repaired.

 

[rheimb1]

We have a 2015 R25SC.
The previous owner hit a pier and made a small hole in the side about one foot below the top deck on port side about the area where the front of the cabin is.
When we bought the boat one specification was that the boat yard fix the hole. This was Inland Boat Center in near Riverside Ca.
When they did the repair they over sanded/compounded the side and you could see the white gel coat through the paint.
When we got the boat in San Diego we had several paint shops look at it to quote repainting that area.
We were told the paint is LP and they would have to paint the entire side to make it match.
We were quoted from 13,000 to 23,000 to paint the whole boat.
We found a company here in San Diego that does custom boat wraps.
They wrapped the boat, port and starboard from the stem to the transom from the rub rail to the top strake for 3500 boat bucks. That included the haul out and blocking at a boat yard.
We never have to wax the hull and 4 years later it still looks like the day they applied the wrap.

Ralph

Boat wrap? I put on some PPF to prevent fender rash and has worked well but, to do the whole boat sound intriguing! How did the corners and seams come out? Can you bring some pictures to the forum and keep us inform of durability?

Rod

 

[lproulx]

Just had boat painted with red Awlgrip. Thrilled. Doing it properly is hugely labor intensive, but the results are spectacular. Our shop, for instance, spends most of a day with vacuum cleaners and compressed air blowers getting all the dust out of the paint area before starting a new job. Our boat is named "Red Owl" (courtesy of previous owner) and had reached a stage where we were going to have to re-name it "Pink Owl". When I saw an Awlgrip color called "Sunfast" I said "This is it". Look at other boats the shop you are considering to evaluate their work. Don't necessarily go for lowest price.

Larry

 

[BB marine]

I had the hull on my 2012 R27 painted with Alexseal by Huckins Yacht in Jacksonville, Florida last year. I’m very pleased with it. An advantage with Alexseal is that it can be repaired.

What an incredible yard! We stayed at Lambs Boat yard for a few days this spring after cruising the St John River. Lambs was full of reconditioned Huckins Yachts. Me being a person that loves a good working boat yard. I had to take a walk over to Huckins Yacht yard to see what was going on!! It is nothing fancy but there is the mind set of quality. Actually Lambs was quite impressive too. Are you happy with the workmanship of the paint Job?

 

[CaspersCruiser]

Are you happy with the workmanship of the paint Job?

The paint was as near to flawless as I could hope. The Alexseal paint they used is high-end yacht paint. The best.

My only complaint about the paint job is it took a long time to get accomplished. Communication with the service manager was a real sore spot— no response to phone calls and e-mails. The service manager came up through the paint and fiberglass side of the business and it was he who suggested painting the hull. I expected better.

I initially had the boat at Huckins to have a dripless shaft seal installed along with a new cutless bearing. I also had the injectors cleaned. Their mechanical foreman had all that work done lickity split.

My R27 Classic is tiny compared to the huge boats that are Huckins’ bread and butter. I took it there on the trailer and I think it got lost in the shuffle, but it did get done. Everyone who sees the paint job marvels how nice it looks. I had the only the hull painted. To do the eyebrows was going to increase the cost almost 50% because of the extensive prep work.

I love that compounding, polishing and waxing are things of the past.