Painting

[Fishjack]

Hermit –
Sig. Finish to my knowledge does not have a “paint chart” you can either send them a sample to match or give them a paint code (or color name) from any marine paint manufacture and they will match it. In my case I believe I picked the Interlux “Fire Red”. It was a close match so I went with that. Granted if you are re-painting the entire boat the color match would not matter.

Tug -
The black bottom unfortunately is Micron CSC bottom paint. When I bought the boat in 1994 it was bottom painted and at the time I had the bottom blasted and re-coated with CSC. I think the black looks good with the red but I know the CSC is slowing me down and is hard to keep looking good. Future projects include stripping the bottom paint off and painting the bottom with Sig. Finish.

I ended up applying (with the (2) roller method) 4 coats on the sides and 5 coats on the new transom.

As far as “between coats” -
With the Sig. finish paint you simply scuff previous coats with a red (maroon) scotch pad wipe with a tack cloth then apply the next coat. This was done in 2005 and it still looks as good as the pics now.

I am not in any way a paint expert and from my research the Sig. finish was made for the DIY.. Tom Fabula (Owner of Sig. Finish) is really nice to deal with and sent me everything I needed to do the project. I’m sure I could have either sprayed the boat and got better results but the roller method was easy and I did it outdoors in front of my house.

FWIW – This paint is really durable more than once friends have banged the anchor against the side of the boat in rough water and to my surprise the paint was not damaged.