222 Fresh out of the paint booth!

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Jan 11, 2007
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Columbia 28 Sarasota
maybe it's just my computer...

The hull looks red? Maybe it's just my computer... Just kidding, it looks great.
 
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jeff s

1985 ofday anniversary 26 ftr

The boat looks great ,what year is it?
 
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Bob

Looks Good

Looks Great, i have seen greens and blues but not to many reds. maybe you will set a new trend. what did you use. i used a automotive clear coat when i did mine. happy sails 2 u bob
 

chuckd

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Sep 1, 2006
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Oday 222 Sale Creek Marina
Thanks Guys

Jeff - it is a 1984 222. We used Awlgrip for the topsides and Interlux Ultra for the bottom. The topsides were put on with an air sprayer, the bottom with a brush and roller. One of the guys at our marina used to paint cars for a living. Needless to say he knows his way around the spray gun. When I bought the boat last summer, it looked like the bottom had not been painted in about 10 years. Since the registration sticker was from 1997, I figure it may have been even longer. I took awhile to get the bottom sanded down (even longer to get all the old paint dust out of my ears), but the boat looks so much better, it was worth it. Prepping the topsides was actually the easy part, although I'm not sure i would have attempted spraying on the red, maybe after a couple of years of practice. - Chuck D
 
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Brad

thumbs up!

Looks like a million bucks. I'm seeing more and more red hulls here in the Pac NW. Did you spray on the stripes or are they stick on?
 

chuckd

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Sep 1, 2006
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Oday 222 Sale Creek Marina
Water line stripe

Brad - the waterline is sprayed on, but the pinstripe is vinyl. The thin stripes are really hard to paint, so I used automotive pinstripe tape (3/4"). We then matched the waterline paint color to that tape. - Chuck D
 
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Chuck R

It's Red and ready !!

I'm sure George O'Day would love to see this boat. Great pix for a catalog. Nice job and thanks for sharing.
 
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