So, I finally got fed up with the damaged gel coat and not being able to get a shine on the boat. See thread https://www.offshoreonly.com/forums/...-gel-help.html . Also the outdated paint needed to be brought into the 2000's. This was always in the back of my mind when I purchased the boat in 2016. This summer it was expedited. I was talking to my friend (painter) at the start of the summer. I was checking out a couple boats he had just finished up. I was jokingly telling him I needed to get my boat painted in the next few years. He answered back "If I wanted to get it painted this summer he would use it as filler work between summer repairs". We worked out some details and we had a deal.
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I told him I would DA off the painted graphics and all the clear coat (80, 220, 320 grit). I would bring the boat to him in a 320 grit ready for filler prime and block sand. And so the fun began...
Some of you might have already seen the pics on other social media platforms.
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When he received the boat they started repairing all the stress cracks in the hull. And there were a lot. Also I uncovered some damage under the paint. They also filled the unused holes in the transom and old generator exhaust holes.

Now that the repairs were made it was now filler primed and block sanded 3 times.
The side are now smooth and straight.

Now the design tape was layed down.


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Now some color was starting to get applied.
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Wow! Lots of work tight there! It not only paint! When transom assemblies are off, it means a project! Not only a paint!!
nice work! Keep it up!

whatcolor scheme younhave in mind?

More color.
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Some shadowing was being done.
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Ok i posted at the same time you did or 1 second after you did, so... i can see what it is gonna look like !!!

Next was to apply the masking for the tear effects in the paint.
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Now peeling the tape back for some black, more shadows.


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Preparing the deck and sides for the metallic silver fades.
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Add a logo and spray some silver.
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