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| I am looking into buying an older tuffy. The paint is fading pretty bad. Has anyone painted one of these and how did it work out for you.
Also was the prep work real bad or just a surface scratch and paint?
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| No paint, but gelcoat, I believe. Maybe try some rubbing compound? |
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Location: S.E. Wisconsin | How old is it? Not sure if the old ones used gelcoat, did they? |
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| I am unsure of the year. I'm waiting on the title for the boat. If it is gelcoat it definately is faded. I registered and hopefullly I'll be able to figure out how to get a pic up.
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Location: Grafton, WI | Mine was repainted a few years ago... I think 4-5 years ago. The prep wasn't too bad on mine, the hull was in great shape. It isn't gel-coat and is holding up great.
Here's a before and after....
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| didn't Jason Sloan restore and repaint an old tri-hull to use for row-trolling?
in one of the Badfish videos?
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| Yes he did.
I painted an older Shell Lake fiberglass boat back in the 80's.
Provided you want it to look decent when you're done. (Hey I've seen guys do it with implament enamel from Farm Fleet and a roller) What ever you can afford and want out of it.
Suggest you buy your paint at an automotive body supply store, have them give you some "Flexible Agent Additive". Tell them you're using it on a fiberglass boat.
The flex additive will allow the paint to flex without cracking as your hull flexes from waves, loading, rough roads, etc.
It is the same additive they put in paint when the paint the rubber bumper covers on today's automobiles.
It's not hard to do, suspect that old Tuffy would do well with a new paint job.
Good luck,
Mark Hintz
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| Did you paint this yourself? |
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Location: Rhinelander, Wisconsin | That's an old Formex built Tuffy, probably an early 70's model. The only type of resurfacing that you can do that will last is two part epoxy type paint like that used on fiberglass body cars. Prep can be REALLY tough and involved to get a good bond. Wet sand the entire hull, make sure all wax and other contaminants are gone, and use paint designed for fiberglass.
I'd get a tin of polishing compound and a drill bit buffer, and buff her up. be careful not to over buff, it'll 'burn' the gel surface. |
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