Painting the Cafe....help, advice
 

I am planning on having my Cafe painted this fall, but I am not sure where to start. Does anybody know of some one good and reasonable in the Connecticut area. What do think a decent 2 to 3 color paint job (exterior only) would run? The boat is in great shape and will not require lots of work. Also going back in forth with more of a modern (color) paint scheme and a classic scheme. Is it worth it to ship the boat some where to have it done?

Thanks for any advice, info or opinions,
Frank

Frank - I think you should go with something to modernize it. THe oldschool schemes are really cool, but the Cafe's lines are such that I think they wear a modern paint scheme really well.

Unfortunately I think the classic ones are a hard sell for most buyers if you ever are selling the boat....

35 foot boat ,,,is around 15-25 G's chine to chine .
From beginning to end if not a major art work is in the picture.
And i think your guy would be here in FL .
Robert Spring (Bobby) from psycho colors !!
:ernaehrung004:
He did a bunch of Nortechs and other boats ...GREAT PAINTER AND ARTIST !!!!

Give Vincent a call and talk to him. He painted my Cafe' and has done several other Cafe's as well.

Vincent Custom Paint

Here are some pics of the paint he did on my Cafe'.

Love your paint Vincent does awesome work. What kind of price range is he in. I am pbudgeting 15k-20k. Also getting the boat there might be an issue.

I have benn thinking the same thing.

Daredevil I will check into it, thanks for the heads up!

Harold at Grafikworx does an awesome job as well. Plenty of great painters out there but you may have to drive a bit to get the boat to them. Whatever you do, don't shortcut yourself. You're going to have to live with this paint job for a while.

Good luck

That should be PLENTY to get your paint looking totally different. I would go for something modern for all of the same reasons "seafordguy" mentioned. You've gotta set it apart from the others. Good luck. :ernaehrung004:

Sea-Dated's is a great Vincent job & i have pics of another red, white & blue Cafe he did. Will try & find way to post

This should work
http://s534.photobucket.com/albums/e...Cafe%20Racers/

That is SUCH a great looking boat. I wouldn't change a thing!


http://img82.imageshack.us/img82/2277/89cigcr4.jpg

Those are both great looking Cafe's. I might be biased but I think those and mine are 3 of the best looking Cafe's out there.

sick

He may fly up there and do it as well ,,if u have a place where in can work and compressor and stuff ?!

Give him a call ,,tell him i sent you !!!

941 268 8514 ( Bobby ):ernaehrung004:

I wish I started this project earlier. I spoke with Vince today, he is a great guy and really has love for what he does. I do love his work on the Cafes. I will keep you posted and updated. Thanks for all the info. I figure I am this far into this boat might as well go all the way!

Yours, SKRAMER's, the one BLEE posted and this one http://www.offshoreonly.com/classifi...o27700-en.html

are all testament to the fact that a Cafe can truely look like a brand new offering with the right paint.

You may have a pretty good local option by the looks of this thread:

http://www.offshoreonly.com/forums/s...-graphics.html

I agree it has a real good deck line, this thread has got me all excited. Can't wait to do it now.

Damdonzi
Thanks or the heads up I will give them a ring.

One of my fav. paint jobs!!!!!

Thank You:ernaehrung004:

hey 41 I can get it dont better then 15K and best job you have ever seen.
-Mike

Okay you have my attention.........

what ever you want to know or need to PM me. Also check under the Hustler section, Gettin Hustled. He just painted my 32 hustler.
-Mike

here is a couple pics of what i had done. [email protected] also click on pic to enlarge
-Mike

2 pics