Awlcraft 2000 touch up

[fishhuntNC]

First off just wanted to say this is a great site.I have been around seacrafts since I was a kid and love them.I bought my boat in 01 and I can't say that I have ever been on a better riding 20 foot boat.Had a yammy 150 carb when purchased kept that for 2 years put on a 02 susuki dt150. That bit the big one last year after 2000 plus.Now run a 4 stroke 150 yamaha yes its a little heavy but not to bad.Probably my first of many stupid questions is about paint.I painted or really I sanded and my buddy painted the boat in 05.Now I have some nicks scratches and the like from my adventures and want to know if anyone knows about making a touch up job any simpler.

[GroveGuy]

I'm in the same "boat" fishhunt, having Awlgrip topsides with some nicks and scratches from a few years of abuse.

Any expert opinions on touching it up?

For as durable a finish as awlgrip is, there are days when I figure it might be easier to do an occasional 5 min. touch-up with a cheaper one part paint than to go through the whole sand, prep, mask, spend, etc. production again.

[fishhuntNC]

Second that man but now I'm thinking of changing her around a little and maybe i'll pait her topsides again.I want to get rid the fuel tank hatch and the livewell in the deck.Does any one know why that is there anyway its a water magnet. If I had a dollar for every time I have had to bail that out or pull the plug in it.

[gss036]

I would leave the fuel tank opening, some day you will need to replace the tank and maybe avoid extra cutting.

[fishhuntNC]

Thanks Gary but I just put a tank in her 4 or 5 years ago and I like a clean looking deck.I dont have a problim with cutting the deck open if something goes wrong.

[billythekid]

hard paints like awlgrip and imron are really hard to "patch" they will stick out like a whore in church. The best way I have seen them blended was to sand an area about the size of a golf ball on a bad scratch and tape off an area the size of a baseball hit the sanded part with 1 coat and the whole inside the taped off area with one coat.

so the sanded area is getting 2 coats at the rest is getting one coat.


you need a smaller spray gun if that is your method.

[Ryank]

My understanding is Awlgrip is near impossible to blend, but Awlcraft 2000 is more like the Dupont Imron line and can be blended . I had to blend ( and will have to again soon some spots on my boat) I sanded the area with very fine, painted the spot and just a bit around it, then was instructed to mix A tiny bit of paint left in the gun with the special blending chemical, and then spray around the area outside of where I painted, careful to avoid the spot where I painted. That being said, it worked out ok though I had to buy a quart of blending chemical for $50. and used less then a teaspoon of it.

[Islandtrader]

Well now you can be the master distributor of the blending chemical.

Sell it for $2.00/teaspoon and recoup your $$

[Ryank]

I could always stand on a street corner and sell vials of it lol.

[BigLew]

Well now you can be the master distributor of the blending chemical.

Sell it for $2.00/teaspoon and recoup your $$

Hell, make $3/ teaspoon. We probably don't have a pint's worth of takers on the whole board!