[hellosailor]

If you call it a paint, they'll come take your boat away. The makers all prefer you call it a "coating". And while it is as durable as anything else, they'll all eventually concede that "once you paint, you will always have to repaint". Every 10 years or so, depending on wear and environment and whether anything like a fender rubs through.

Still, it is beautiful.

 

[hellosailor]

murph, you are right, it is over the top.

The problem is, you can't get a $10,000 paint job in an open field.

First, you need a "barn" to keep out the dust and pollen and gnats, moths too, that leave marks in the paint. Ergh, coating. Then you need some EPA permits and a way to treat and filter the exhaust and any drippings, if you want to do it legally as an ongoingbusiness.

Then you need guys who speak YnGlitch and will show up on time and can be trusted to do the job right, and you need bunny suits and forced air for them and your insurer isn't going to appreciate the line of work they're in, either.

And of course, if you can't find a LOCAL yard that wants to compete on price, you have to invest a couple of days back and forth getting the boat somewhere else.

I give you kudos for tackling the job yourself, but I've also seen some very expensive bargains out there. And some folks? Really, some folks just can't paint to save their lives. Fisheyes, thinner, compensating for temperature and humidity without the controlled environment in the barn....This is why they don't sell AwlGrip Kits at WalMart. (G)