Ditto here. Just had it done and all estimates were in Joe’s range. Dave
S/V Aries 1990 C&C 34+ New London, CT > On Mar 12, 2020, at 3:17 PM, Della Barba, Joe via CnC-List > <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: > > Wow – I don’t think I have got an estimate around here under 12-15K for a 35 > foot boat. That would be worth going to NC to get done! > > > Joe Della Barba Coquina C&C 35 MK I > www.dellabarba.com <http://www.dellabarba.com/> > > > > From: CnC-List [mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com] On Behalf Of Rick Brass > via CnC-List > Sent: Thursday, March 12, 2020 1:50 PM > To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com > Cc: Rick Brass <rickbr...@earthlink.net> > Subject: [EXTERNAL] Re: Stus-List Painted/Awlgrip Hulls > > I had Imzadi painted in the early spring of 2017 - almost exactly 3 years > ago. On the recommendation of the guy who does most of th ework I can't do > myself, we used Alexseal 2-part paint. Alexseal is an alternative to Awlgrip > or Imron. William reports very good results, and uses it for most of the > paintwork he does. Comes on a pretty wide range of colors, one of which was a > bit darker than the faded smoke white of Imzadi's hull and might be a close > match to the original C&C color. One big advantage of the Alexseal paint is > that it is about half the cost of Awlgrip. My cost for getting the boat > prepped and painted (white topsides, triple red boot stripe, red cove stripe, > red transom) was $125/foot - about $4800. > > The paint has held up very well. Have had some black streaks from black > rubstrips on an floating dock that washed right off. Had one scratch from a > bolthead sticking out of a piling, which turned out to be an easy repair > using some surplus from the original paint. The red transom shows no signs of > fading yet. > > Maintenance is to wash every 3 to 6 months with mild soap and water, and to > wash annually with a product they sell which I presume is similar to Awlcare. > BTW, the Alexseal website also lists other alternatives to their maintenance > product - one of which I recall is made by Meguiars and is available from my > local West Marine. > > In all honesty, there was one small problem when the boat was painted. When > they sprayed the red for the boot stripes and cove stripes over the white > hull, the thin red paint leached under the edge of the green 3M masking tape > amd left a fuzzy edge. So William had to touch up the white, remask the > stripes with this fiendishly expensive 3M gold masking tape, and reshoot the > red stripes. No problem using the higher quality tape. > > Rick Brass > Washington, NC > _______________________________________________ > > Thanks everyone for supporting this list with your contributions. Each and > every one is greatly appreciated. If you want to support the list - use > PayPal to send contribution -- https://www.paypal.me/stumurray
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