factory paint vs. custom
 

Would like to hear comments on boat paint costs. Fountain is listing their newcustom paint jobs at close to $20,000. If order a boat all white and go to a good customer painter can you get a paint job as good quality and price as the Fountain factory? Will a customer painter work with you to design exact design you want and is this figured in the original cost or extra. Looking for comments--

Check out Taod Graphics, they are heavy advertisers in Powerboat mag and most all custom graphs we see in that mad Taod has done.

I was thinking the same thing, we just ordered our Lightning with Plasma and Deck graphs and compared to a blank. It can get pretty expensive pretty fast going custom, but it is truly one off when done. We opted for factory and will customize down the road.

Here is a link, they seem to be pretty hard to find in search engines.

http://www.taod.org/default2.cfm?ET=1

The "Spider Man" boat in TAOD's add is at Lake Cumberland Marine and his work is simply fantastic.

I like the idea of the custom painter that you can really work with. Not the fountain wouldnt take your ideas, a custom painter seems like they would be more willing to work with you. I have seen amazing paint jobs from Custom Touch Graphics.

clean sweep,
You can't beat custom paint. I think for $20,000.00 you could get a fantastic paint job from a custom shop. Just remeber the Fountain price is full list and your dealer should be able to save you some money off that price.
Dan

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Raypanic

Fountaindrivers before...

...after!

Tricky919

It's hard to beat the custom look. This paint in the right shade of red looks great on a Fountain. It still catches the eye quicker than a white boat.