drewpster
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Ok me and my wife have been going around the table on this for a year. I need a tie breaker. Don't worry I won't hold anyone responsible. We have been trying to choose a paint color for the hull of our boat. As you can see in my avatar the boat has allot of freeboard. I want to use a pale yellow color (Interlux Perfection Fighting Lady Yellow). She wants to use a dark blue color (perfection Mauritius blue). My logic in my choice is that the lighter color will help obscure defects in the 30 year old hull. Even after my amateur prep work the hull will be wavy. I also want to avoid any secondary curing caused by heat in the darker colored hull.
The truth is this, I would love to use the dark blue. Sea Ray used a dark blue color on their hulls and it looks great. However my lack of confidence in my prep makes me go light yellow. And print through could be a problem.
Is secondary curing a problem in darker hulls?
Is a darker color a huge challenge in old hulls like ours?
Should an amateur like me stick will the safer pale yellow?
Gimme some thoughts you guys, now my Dad is in on the act, he wants the dark blue.
The truth is this, I would love to use the dark blue. Sea Ray used a dark blue color on their hulls and it looks great. However my lack of confidence in my prep makes me go light yellow. And print through could be a problem.
Is secondary curing a problem in darker hulls?
Is a darker color a huge challenge in old hulls like ours?
Should an amateur like me stick will the safer pale yellow?
Gimme some thoughts you guys, now my Dad is in on the act, he wants the dark blue.
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