wrapping a boat hull
Discussion
Hello, just bought a boat (yacht? 
) done a couple of months sailing, fun.
Its a 30 year magnum triss and pretty ropey looking on the hull.
So im thinking about a wrap, nice n easy, on the faded blotchy orangey bit.
Its now out of the water as the lake ices over for 5 months here.
Anybody done this or just points of view re wrapping. Or recommended suppliers? Seen a couple on fleabay and googled.
Im planning on either something plain, like white carbon, or maybe something wavey bluey greeny and funky.
No shark mouths
) done a couple of months sailing, fun.Its a 30 year magnum triss and pretty ropey looking on the hull.
So im thinking about a wrap, nice n easy, on the faded blotchy orangey bit.
Its now out of the water as the lake ices over for 5 months here.
Anybody done this or just points of view re wrapping. Or recommended suppliers? Seen a couple on fleabay and googled.
Im planning on either something plain, like white carbon, or maybe something wavey bluey greeny and funky.
No shark mouths
The wrap will wear off quite quickly if it is a boat that will spend the summer months on a pontoon mooring, the fenders will rub, the bottom edge will peel off to (as you will not be able to anti-foul it.
Better option would be to clean and key the surface then either spray or roller paint it.
Both International and Alexseal do very good hull paints with different additives for spray, brush or roller.
However, i would suggest first of all get a good fiberglass cleaner to cut the gelcoat back then get polishing, once you start painting hulls its a repeat every 3 or 4 years job.
My 27 year old yacht is painted, and its a pain in the arse, but no option after hull damage.
Better option would be to clean and key the surface then either spray or roller paint it.
Both International and Alexseal do very good hull paints with different additives for spray, brush or roller.
However, i would suggest first of all get a good fiberglass cleaner to cut the gelcoat back then get polishing, once you start painting hulls its a repeat every 3 or 4 years job.
My 27 year old yacht is painted, and its a pain in the arse, but no option after hull damage.
XJSJohn said:
The wrap will wear off quite quickly if it is a boat that will spend the summer months on a pontoon mooring, the fenders will rub, the bottom edge will peel off to (as you will not be able to anti-foul it.
Better option would be to clean and key the surface then either spray or roller paint it.
Both International and Alexseal do very good hull paints with different additives for spray, brush or roller.
However, i would suggest first of all get a good fiberglass cleaner to cut the gelcoat back then get polishing, once you start painting hulls its a repeat every 3 or 4 years job.
My 27 year old yacht is painted, and its a pain in the arse, but no option after hull damage.
Thanks for your reply and tips, im a complete boat novice.Better option would be to clean and key the surface then either spray or roller paint it.
Both International and Alexseal do very good hull paints with different additives for spray, brush or roller.
However, i would suggest first of all get a good fiberglass cleaner to cut the gelcoat back then get polishing, once you start painting hulls its a repeat every 3 or 4 years job.
My 27 year old yacht is painted, and its a pain in the arse, but no option after hull damage.
Curious as to why the bottom edge cannot be "antifoul"ed. what about putting an extra sealing strip on the bottom edge to discourage peeling?
re the fibre glass cleaner and cutting back, is it then a colour restorer after keying first before polishing?
the anti fouling needs to be layed onto an epoxy primer coat in order to have a good surface to key to. the poxy primer will most likely not take too well to bonding with some vynal.
for the polish route you could just go for a good cutting compound and see the results there, or as you say, a colour restorer.
for the polish route you could just go for a good cutting compound and see the results there, or as you say, a colour restorer.
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