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Vince Weirick |
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Posts: 1060 Location: Palm Coast, FL | I have a 2025 Lund Pro V. I am wanting to get it repainted and restriped. I already have the striping lined up. Has anyone ever gotten their boat repainted? Can you get it painted correctly anywhere (i.e. auto repair)? How do you or can you fix dents? Any help/info would be greatly appreciated. | ||
| Gar |
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| I painted my lund tyhe a couple of years ago. Call your local Lund dealer and they will give you the paint # you will need to get the right paint. Most paint supply stores can mix what you need. Make sure you get the right primer for aluminun its the most important part of the paint job. | |||
| MACK |
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Posts: 1086 | I've had this very thing done for me...at home, in my garage, years ago with one of my boats. I did not do the actual painting myself nor did I supply the paint. I did however, do all the prep-work myself prior to the boat. Don't just let anyone paint your boat! Make sure that they have some marine paint experience. Painting boats is not like painting cars. I had my boat painted several years ago by a guy I knew that worked in a boat repair shop and he knew what he was doing. I had my boat sprayed with Zinc Chromate Primer. Zinc Chromate is a special primer just for aluminum. This etches the aluminum so that paint will stick. (this is a must for bare aluminum) then the color coat. If you are not taking your boat down to bare aluminum, you might get away with not using the zinc chromate. If your are sanding some spots down to bare metal, you may be able to spot this in with a spray can of Zinc Chromate. It is usually best to use an epoxy or polyurethane paint on your hull as these finishes are more chip resistant than just enamel. Make sure that the paint you use is specified for use on aluminum. Some paints can set up electrolysis in your hull and will eat your hull right out from under you. Some of the polyurethane paints are nasty to use so don't try this at home. Once I had the prep-work done on my end, this guy came over and layed down a layer of the proper primer to adhere the paint to the aluminum. Then he had the correct type of paint with the necessary bonding agents and flex agents as well as the clear coat that were added to the paint. He brought his air compressor and paint gun from work. It turned out fantastic! I was more than pleased and happy with the outcome. I'm not saying this is the only way to go, but is one option. I was fortunate enough to have connections to a paint guy. Not sure everyone would have that type of a connection. But if you do...it's worth asking about. I turned my garage into a temporary paint booth by hanging the plastic paint drop clothes from the ceiling to protect the contents within my garage and it worked wonders. The over spray dust stuck to the plastic drop clothes by means of static electricity. Very little cleanup mess required...some...but not a lot. What was left over on the floor and elsewhere...could literally be swept up with a broom and dustpan. Nothing was permanently stuck to anything. Good lighting is needed as well as good ventilation of course. I have two windows in my garage that I had open with fans working as an exhaust as well as I left my garage door open only about 1/4 of the way to allow fresh air in, then we had fans pulling air out of the windows. Hope that helps. On an additional piggy-back question to this topic....I was looking at the overall condition of my boat's exterior appearance really good the other day. It's a bit tattered...not horrible..but...it's got some "wear" from over the years and from the previous owner who obviously wasn't too kind to the boat. My question is: Would it be possible to take my boat ('97 Crestliner) to a Crestliner dealer to have them strip the existing vinyl graphics off of my boat and either re-apply the same graphics that were used from back in '97 or maybe just use today's existing vinyl graphics that Crestliner is applying to their boats today? Or would a Crestliner not offer that type of service? I've never called them to ask. I was just wondering if someone here has already asked that question or gone down that road of having their boat re-wrapped with vinyl graphics? I'd probably have them re-hit my boat with the sand/tan base paint color as well before re-applying any type of vinyl graphic. This could very well bring an older boat back to life with a fresh look...looking like a new boat where someone like myself couldn't afford a new boat altogether... Edited by MACK 8/7/2007 2:50 PM | ||
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