Paint color on 252 wake tower

[Adrian @ JB Solutions]

Anyone know the paint color for the grey wake tower?

 

[mrcleanr6]

There wont be a paint color code or formula if thats what your looking for. The tower is powdercoated. If your looking to touch it up then you will need to goto your local automotive paint supplier and you can use their color chip book to find a match then have it mixed in a single stage polyurethane.

 

[Adrian @ JB Solutions]

There wont be a paint color code or formula if thats what your looking for. The tower is powdercoated. If your looking to touch it up then you will need to goto your local automotive paint supplier and you can use their color chip book to find a match then have it mixed in a single stage polyurethane.

I did some homework and found what should be a match.

Color Rite calls it "Anthracite" and offers it in can or bottle.

Yamaha Anthracite

The problem now is figuring out what is best course of action to fix it.

Best I can tell is the tower rubbed against the metal rails of a much larger boat on Sunday night. It took it down to the metal in a few spots. I could probably go right on top of that. Or I could try my hand at body filler to fill in the gash then paint that over.

 

[mrcleanr6]

Well you cant paint directly to bare metal. Bare metal needs to be epoxy primed first. Color-rite will be selling you basecoat….generally and will need to be clearcoated with an automotive clear. If you have a gash into the aluminum then you epoxy prime first, apply body filler sand smooth then epoxy prime again, apply base color then clear coat. I am a professional painter for 25 years and own my own shop and honestly by the time you buy all the products to do this right, it will be cheaper to have someone do it. Now this is assuming you want a proper correct repair and not just a quick touchup where you are just dabbing some paint on it and calling it a day. Thats really what color rite is offering you

 

[Adrian @ JB Solutions]

Well you cant paint directly to bare metal. Bare metal needs to be epoxy primed first. Color-rite will be selling you basecoat….generally and will need to be clearcoated with an automotive clear. If you have a gash into the aluminum then you epoxy prime first, apply body filler sand smooth then epoxy prime again, apply base color then clear coat. I am a professional painter for 25 years and own my own shop and honestly by the time you buy all the products to do this right, it will be cheaper to have someone do it. Now this is assuming you want a proper correct repair and not just a quick touchup where you are just dabbing some paint on it and calling it a day. Thats really what color rite is offering you

In your experience, what would a shop charge? There are about 3 knicks in the paint where you can see the metal, and one gash in the tower that is probably 1/4" wide and 1" tall, though only a sliver of that is down to metal.

 

[NewBoater]

You have any pics of the damage?

 

[mrcleanr6]

Its really hard for me to say without seeing it and the locations. I am also not familiar with the color. Is it gloss or matte? I feel like I want to say a few hundred bucks but again, havent seen it and every repair is different

 

[Adrian @ JB Solutions]

You have any pics of the damage?

I will get one shortly, I noticed the damage as I was prepping for Elsa last night. I can see clear skies now.

 

[Adrian @ JB Solutions]

 

[mrcleanr6]

ahhh ok. yes its a matte but its also a texture finish. so there are a couple things here. one you need a color match, two you need a sheen match because its matte and three you need a texture match. unless your pretty experienced in painting then anything you or most people do on that is going to be a very obvious repair. the repair procedure i gave you before would still be accurate but your not going to use a base/clear or what color-rite has. the color will be a flattened single stage polyurethane. you will need to do some spray gun trickery also to replicate the texture. spray gun needs to be turned down to such a low pressure that it spits. it will take a few sample panels to get the pressure right so the texture comes out the same. all in all its a fairly easy repair. nothing complicated for a painter that knows how to do a textured finish.

 

[Adrian @ JB Solutions]

ahhh ok. yes its a matte but its also a texture finish. so there are a couple things here. one you need a color match, two you need a sheen match because its matte and three you need a texture match. unless your pretty experienced in painting then anything you or most people do on that is going to be a very obvious repair. the repair procedure i gave you before would still be accurate but your not going to use a base/clear or what color-rite has. the color will be a flattened single stage polyurethane. you will need to do some spray gun trickery also to replicate the texture. spray gun needs to be turned down to such a low pressure that it spits. it will take a few sample panels to get the pressure right so the texture comes out the same. all in all its a fairly easy repair. nothing complicated for a painter that knows how to do a textured finish.

Do you think it would be ok if I get a cheap repair kit to cover up the metal for now and then have a pro do it later... don't prefer to not have my boat for X days during the middle of summer, but also don't want bare metal just exposed to the elements.

Taking a vacation to Tampa anytime soon?

 

[mrcleanr6]

Yes thats fine. Nothing wrong with that