Boat Paintjob

[Floating_Medic]

Anyone know how much it would be approximately for a 17 foot fibreglass paintjob?

Also, anyone know of anywhere they can do it in sydney, south west area?

Cheers, Alan.

[tuffy]

Anyone know how much it would be approximately for a 17 foot fibreglass paintjob?

Also, anyone know of anywhere they can do it in sydney, south west area?

Cheers, Alan.

Alan, in response, it will depend a lot on what you want, ie, inside and out or just the outside. What type of finish you are looking at, single pack/2 pack etc, and also how much you are prepared to spend on the paint itself. The hull will need to be prepared properly and this is usually the most time-consuming part of the job, but as a general guide you will be looking at roughly $300 - $400 for paint etc and roughly about $500 - $600 for the painter/spray booth etc, so about a grand roughly.Preparation is up to you or that is another on-cost to get some one to do it for you.

I have a mate with a spray business at Blacktown where I get my boats done but that is after I do all prep work myself.

PM me for further info if you want, or call 0402 110 666 - Happy to help where possible - done it 3 times myself now.

Cheers, Russ.

Edited September 21, 2009 by Tuffy

[pauljm]

Alan, in response, it will depend a lot on what you want, ie, inside and out or just the outside. What type of finish you are looking at, single pack/2 pack etc, and also how much you are prepared to spend on the paint itself. The hull will need to be prepared properly and this is usually the most time-consuming part of the job, but as a general guide you will be looking at roughly $300 - $400 for paint etc and roughly about $500 - $600 for the painter/spray booth etc, so about a grand roughly.Preparation is up to you or that is another on-cost to get some one to do it for you.

I have a mate with a spray business at Blacktown where I get my boats done but that is after I do all prep work myself.

PM me for further info if you want, or call 0402 110 666 - Happy to help where possible - done it 3 times myself now.

Cheers, Russ.

Mate do they lift the boat off the trailer for that sort of money or just remove rollers etc and spray as best they can?

[tuffy]

Generally the boat is left on the trailer. I don't know of many instances where the bottom of the hull is painted on a trailer boat, mainly due to potential scratching from sand/ trailer etc. Most glass hulls are usually white/ off white and the colour applied from chine up, so I would reckon that painting the bottom is a bit of unnecessary overkill.

If you check one of my previous posts in workshop you will find a boat I reconned for a mate, a 5.2 glass runabout and you will see what I'm talking about. I don't know how to add the link, so just search under my name. The pricing I indicated in this thread is probably the upper level, but I did that so there were no surprises for anyone.

Obviously if you can access a compressor etc you can always paint the boat yourself, but if painting 2 pack you will need an appropriate environment to spray in - single pack is not so dramatic to work with.

I have personally painted 5 boats and have been involved in helping a mate with another 2 of his, so I would think I speak from experience.

Cost-wise, a job worth doing is worth doing properly, so in the end you can be proud of your achievements.

Besides, a proper job will add avlue to your vessel.

Any help required, just ask.

Tuffy.