Color Match for SeaCraft Yellow
 

I am trying to find a paint for my transom with a reasonable match to the yellow gelcoat on my ‘76 Seafari. Don’t know what the yellow was called, darker than Fighting Lady Yellow more like Federal Yellow- but that’s not it. Signature Finishing in Stuart was unable to do it. Anyone been through this and have a paint and paint code. Thx

Yellow Finish
 

Give Awlgrip Lemon Yellow #h9265 a look. May be pretty close. Do you have a Awlfrip color chip chart to find match? Good luck. You could also check with a good body shop paint supplier, they can custom blend.They have a hUge number of chips for each color. When you find a match they can custom blend a two part poly paint.

Seacraft yellow
 

My cutout was too small for Awlgrip to match. Said they needed 2”x2”. So bought Awlgrip brightside yellow F9316 which looked closer than lemon yellow to me. It will only be on transom and has not been sprayed yet.
Thanks for response.

http://www.uscomposites.com/pigments.html

Terry - Take a look at the golden rod yellow pigment. I think it's close to the original seacraft yellow.

Sherwin Williams can color match with a 1/2 inch circle. Maybe ask them if they will print it out for a fee?

That's what mine looked like in "79
I was called "BANANA BOAT" on the CB Radio :)

As a yellow SeaCraft owner I know this is tough. I think the color Bigshrimpin recommended looks close from the picture. The original color definitely had some mustard color in it.

Capt Chuck - Awesome boat!

Thx guys. I should have responded sooner. Was working like crazy to have the engine back on before the grands arrived a week ago. Two lake trips since then. Today the girl 7 and the boy 5 solo kneeboarded for the first time after lots of runs on their uncles back. I bought Awlcraft yellow which will be applied later

Terry,

Ag Yellow was the original yellow color used by Potter...

I have always liked the color...

My first flats boat in 1973 was yellow and named "Chiquita"...

Picture from my desk of a friend that pasted 35 years ago ..
Those were the days...

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For anyone that is interested . . . I bought some of the golden rod yellow pigment from US Composites and it's far from a match. The golden rod yellow pigment is an almost identical color to the yellow lines in the middle of a street.

https://5.imimg.com/data5/QU/CK/XO/S...nt-500x500.jpg

Color Close Enough for Now
 

http://http://www.classicseacraft.co...pictureid=3162

Tried darkening awlcraft yellow with black pigment last April. Based on small samples thought it had turned out closer. For now it was time to get on with it, so used black tape as demarcation and cover the interface between original yellow and redone transom.

Here is the missing photo
 

http://www.classicseacraft.com/commu...pictureid=3162

Little trouble adding photo. First time directly from iphone without using laptop

Funny, my granddaughter wanted to name our our yellow Sceptre "Banana Boat" when we first got it some years ago. I compromised and named it Chiquita, with a wink my Latina wife.

Thanks Terry - Are you saying you bought Awlgrip Lemon Yellow #h9265 and came close darkening it? I took a digital pic after I cleaned a spot. Looks close to Lemon yellow on this gelcoat chart.

https://www.mcssl.com/content/assets...lour_chart.pdf

http://www.wellcraftv20.com/gallery/...1622.sized.jpg

Thx Tim. Based on the Awlcraft 2000 paint chips I chose Brightside Yellow F9316.
When I opened the can I found it was lighter than my yellow which although buffed three years ago looks a bit sunburned. I painted samples about 3” x 6”, progressively adding black pigment until I thought I was close. However on the larger surface of the transom it is still a bit too light. Signature gave up on trying to match the small cutout piece I provided. Even as a reference nothing from Sherwin Williams looked close. So chose from Awlcraft to get on with it. Close enough. Not Saturday night car show quality, but often compliments like from a gal and a guy last weekend.

Just painted my boat from the original yellow to awlgrip federal yellow. Definitely different from the original color. No mustard. Similar to the golden rod.