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jesse camp
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Initially Posted - 12/13/2005 :  11:53:52  Show Profile
I have a 1987 25 with the light grey paint on topsides and in the cockpit. I have a few spots on the topsides I would like to touch up, anyone have any luck matching the grey paint. Please advise,
I tried West Marine it was either too dark or light, Thanks
for the help.

Best Regards,

Jesse Camp
Orlando, Fl
5550 25 SR SK
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dlucier
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Response Posted - 12/13/2005 :  12:26:54  Show Profile
<blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"><i>Originally posted by jesse camp</i>
<br />I have a 1987 25 with the light grey paint on topsides and in the cockpit. I have a few spots on the topsides I would like to touch up, anyone have any luck matching the grey paint. Please advise,
I tried West Marine it was either too dark or light, Thanks
for the help.

Best Regards,

Jesse Camp
Orlando, Fl
5550 25 SR SK
Sea Trekker

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Is it paint or gelcoat?

Being that you have an 87', I would guess you have gelcoat. You should contact Catalina and find out the exact color you have then find the matching gelcoat.

Here is a link to a listing of [url="https://www.minicraft.com/retail/catalinayachts.htm"]Catalina Colors from Minicraft[/url].
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jesse camp
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Response Posted - 12/13/2005 :  12:34:35  Show Profile
<blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"><i>Originally posted by jesse camp</i>
<br />I have a 1987 25 with the light grey paint on topsides and in the cockpit. I have a few spots on the topsides I would like to touch up, anyone have any luck matching the grey paint. Please advise,
I tried West Marine it was either too dark or light, Thanks
for the help.

Best Regards,

Jesse Camp
Orlando, Fl

This is paint sme boats are orange,blue, white and grey, located where there is non-skid.
5550 25 SR SK
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oldsalt
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Response Posted - 12/17/2005 :  09:54:32  Show Profile
It's really hard to match up colored surfaces that are bleached by exposure to sunlight. The original grey gelcoat on my non skid is quite a bit lighter than it used to be when it came from the factory.

I touched up a few dings by mixing gelcoat colors and they looked pretty close at first but over time they became somewhat visible aginst the original surface.

I'll bet the same would apply to painted surfaces as well.
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Ericson33
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Response Posted - 12/18/2005 :  23:58:39  Show Profile  Visit Ericson33's Homepage
I tell you what I did. I had some fiberglass work I had to do on the deck of our Capri 25. I finished up the work and needed to match the gelcoat color of the deck. This was before I knew there was a company that did the color matching for you. Link to site is in the Gen. Forum. I went into the cabin, and started to mix the light tan color to match the inside of the boat. I used a white gelcoat, then added brown and yellow to the mix untill the right color match. When the color was just right, I scrubed the deck down with asatone? I did this several times to clean the deck, Then I taped around all of the non skid area, mixed in the hardner, and rolled the deck with a small 4" roller I got from WM. Before the Gelcoat kicked, I took the tapre off leaving a nice clean edge. It has been almost 1 year and the gelcoat looks brand new. I am planning on doing all of the non skid in the spring to give the boat a brand new look.
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