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robul · Full Grown Flour Bluffian Joined: 26 Jun 2007 Posts: 2677

The dargel is down for total make over im trying to decide what color to paint her. Mostly I drift flats and sight cast reds. I dont want a bright color that will refract a ton of light and scare off the fish before I can even cast to them. I was thinking of maybe a royal blue or ultra blue pearl on the siides and bottom and on the deck and console a lightish grey with the splattered color to match the boat..

This is what she looks like now

this is the color chart

Uncle D · Posted: Thu May 14, 2009 12:05 pm Post subject:

I liked teal color. The inside was supposed to have a teal tint along with the webbing. It was white and would really be bright on sunny days.

robul · Full Grown Flour Bluffian Joined: 26 Jun 2007 Posts: 2677

good point uncle d.. I dont the deck too dark because it will absorb heat but too light again will reflect ligth hmmm.. I wonder how bad gray would be..

ironmanstan · Posted: Thu May 14, 2009 12:22 pm Post subject:

Haze gray or that grey metallic that way you blend in with the shoreline and people dont see you as easy. A favorite color of the US NAVY. Or theres always pink. Smile

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Mad Dog · Posted: Thu May 14, 2009 12:52 pm Post subject:

Because darker colors absorb more light they also build up more heat. More heat over time will cause the polyester resin your boat is made from to break down faster. I like the light gray for the interior for less reflection and keeps the heat down.

IMHO

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Stoner150 · Posted: Thu May 14, 2009 12:59 pm Post subject:

I like your choice Rob

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Mad Dog · Posted: Thu May 14, 2009 1:04 pm Post subject:

This is good stuff for the deck. Durable and easy to put on. In the color scheme you metioned.

http://boatbuildercentral.com/products.php?cat=62

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robul · Full Grown Flour Bluffian Joined: 26 Jun 2007 Posts: 2677

landlocked beachbum · Posted: Thu May 14, 2009 4:24 pm Post subject:

The "safe tread" sold by this company is great stuff too, and only $65 per gallon. No fumes, very easy to patch and works SUPER for antiskid on wet surfaces.

http://www.acrytech.com/
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Hoggeman · Posted: Thu May 14, 2009 7:56 pm Post subject:

I would paint a school of escaping bait fish on the bottom hull so when the motor was on is looks and sounds like a feeding frenzy
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RPool · Posted: Thu May 14, 2009 8:03 pm Post subject:

I would just reverse the colors - light blue on the hull and white spatter on the deck.

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GoinCoastal · Posted: Fri May 15, 2009 8:15 am Post subject:

I really like the light greens that you see on the new skiffs. (Haynie, Maverick, Mitzi, Hell's Bay) If it were mine, I would do the hull light green and the deck a light gray with light green splatter. I think all of those colors are too dark (except for the whites). I would check on more paints.

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landlocked beachbum · Posted: Fri May 15, 2009 9:27 am Post subject:

I used to build boats years back. One cool thing that I would do was to make the deck color or just the antiskid color by adding some of the hull color or hull stripe color [if the hull was white] to plain white gelcoat. Just enough to take the glare away. It makes a VERY cool effect on the finished product and you can do the same with any finish/paint type. It doesn't take much to cut the glare. Even a medium gray or tan STILL gets so hot in the sun that you can't stand on it without shoes! Embarassed

I agree with IMS on one thing: I'd personally go for something that would blend into the background shoreline from a distance. Sure, sometimes there isn't a background shoreline, but then you are silhouetted anyway and it's a moot point. Might help to keep some potlickers at bay. With that type of craft and the ensuing normal water depth where you will be fishing, I doubt that hull color matters to the fish because you're not fishing under the boat but way out to the sides. Heck, even if you paint a hull sky blue and get beneath it in gin clear water on a sunny day it's not sky blue anymore in relation to the background. The bottom of the hull is in the SHADE which will make even a white hull look medium grey under the given circumstances.
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