There was no way we were paying 4500 for a paint job so we called around for a little help. Our friend Casey (owns a marina) said why don’t you just buff it out with some compound and bring the shine back?
After reading extensive articles with different philosophies on boat painting, I bought a Random Orbital Sander for $40 with $35 worth of paint stripper and sand paper in addition to another $30 in compound, 400 grit, etc. I proceeded to compound the topside red paint. No good, not working. I switched to 60 grit….getting it done, working well! Until I found a brown spot that you could see the outline of the Chris Craft logo. I sanded very cautiously to remove this brown shadow from the paint. Within is seconds, I completely removed the paint until I revealed a brown fiberglass spot about the size of the face of a wrist watch. Oops. That was the turning point to the commitment to paint.
After reading extensive articles with different philosophies on boat painting, I bought a Random Orbital Sander for $40 with $35 worth of paint stripper and sand paper in addition to another $30 in compound, 400 grit, etc. I proceeded to compound the topside red paint. No good, not working. I switched to 60 grit….getting it done, working well! Until I found a brown spot that you could see the outline of the Chris Craft logo. I sanded very cautiously to remove this brown shadow from the paint. Within is seconds, I completely removed the paint until I revealed a brown fiberglass spot about the size of the face of a wrist watch. Oops. That was the turning point to the commitment to paint.
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