Motor Repaint with Pictures - I Hope!

[Solittle]

About 10 years ago I bought my 1988 23' Wellcraft CC. It had a pair of 1.6L OMC Sea Drives that were in the original factory metalic charcoal grey finish. The motors held up fairly well over the years but the cowls did not. I would get these quarter sized blisters in the paint which I would sand down and go over with a sprey can. It finally got to me and I decided it was time for a repaint.<br /><br />The most time consuming part of the job was the sanding and prep as those of you have done it know. This was followed by a primer and more sanding. The top coat was Western Hi-Glo Synthetic Enamel.<br /><br />I chose to do it in black to confuse the Mercury folks. Here are the results - I hope the pictures are OK as I'm new at posting them.<br /><br />

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<br /><br />It took longer than I thought it would but I am pleased with the result.

 

[jheron]

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Nice boat! and not a bad paint job either <br />Jon

 

[G DANE]

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Looks good, and I know its a lot of work, one should only do for oneself. First time I'v seen seadrives on a boat, very rare here. That bracket was a great idea, saves space in boat and sits great on transom too. Cool boat with lots of power. How big is your gas tank ??

 

[Terry H]

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That's too nice to be putting in the water...

 

[Solittle]

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G Dane - The boat is adequately powered for our use but I wouldn' say lots of power. I sure wouldn't want any less. She seems to like 42-4400 rpm which gets us in the low to mid 30s. She holds 122 gallons of fuel and is quite economical for her size, weight & power. Most of our boating is in Biscayne Bay and the upper Florida Keys including Florida Bay.

 

[JasonJ]

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Looks good, has a sinister Darth Vader-iness about it. Very cool....

 

[Maximerc]

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Humm While I love the black engines , I doubt many "Merc" lovers will be confused. Love the Blue trim ! Maybe you could take off the Welcraft sticker and put on a Chrysler emblem on the back !

 

[Solittle]

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Maxi - Love the Chrysler emblem idea - I'll put that on one motor and - - - let's see - - - How about putting a Gale or even Scott Atwater emblem on the other. That ought to drive folks nut!

 

[Maximerc]

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Kenworth on the trailer