Re Painting of the hull
 

Although I did a fairly decent job (for a total rookie) and with all the help and info I got from the "pro's" on this site, but I am unhappy with the color the hull is painted. When I pull up in the driveway each day I get the reminder and it has me to the point that I'm going to change it.

I want to paint it the original "baby/sky blue the it was originaly.
I did see awlcraft aqua mist that looks like it is close or is there something better/closer?

Now sanding/priming should be easy since I did the "hard work" on the last paint job and it is starting to get cool in Miami

Now what is the name of the color of the paint? Who makes it (brand)?

Thanks

I believe in Miami you have a company called Fiberlay. They can mix any color you want. Plus they have a great supply of all fiberglass products.

I use them up here in Sarasota, and they are very helpful.

Aqua mist is a pretty color. Sometimes appears more white then blue depending on the sun.

strick

it is a nice color but maybe a shade more blue?

I wonder if anyone knows the shade/name of the original blue?

I think Mr Potter called it "Robins Egg Blue". Awlgrip skyblue is close but a bit darker...i.e more blue.

Its shown in the 1973 brochure:
http://www.classicseacraft.com/broch...ure/index.html

Ice Blue looks nice down here. Light and subtle.

I have a Sky Blue hull in Awlgrip. It's sweet!

This is Awlgrip Ice Blue

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...1/DSC_1007.jpg

That's the color I want

I had my Shamrock done in teal awlgrip. The boat came out great, I would recommend it.

So, what is the deal on factory paint anyway, did they paint the sides at the factory?

My 74 red hull boat appears to be painted this way. I thought the red was gelcoat original, but looks to be thin like paint. Interestingly, acetone will not take it off for the most part but will on the transom so I think the previous owner color matched it somehow to touch up the transom with some kind of non marine paint.

The original paint came from factory as gelcoat but mine was past faded and it was not going to come back anywhere near a look as I wanted. Onyl choice was to re-paint the whole boat. I didi paint it but am just not happy with the color and I want it to look like it did in 1978

Can't use "factory" and "paint" in same sentence . . . SeaCraft never used paint to my knowledge! They only used gel coat and SeaCraft gel coat is typically thicker than on most other boats. I don't know the exact thickness but from what I've seen on my boat, I'd guess thickness is in the range of about 30 to 50 mils (0.030-0.050"). This provides a lot of material for subsequent compounding and polishing, although the thicker layers are brittle and will crack more easily.

Awl grip ice blue looks almost white sometime. Try tar heels or Carolina blue.

Baffin blue is also a nice 'baby blue' color.