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jbuck posted 03-29-2014 08:49 PM ET (US)
I am looking at a older commercial hull that has some chips and scratches, [here] and there, and a repair on the stern corner with what looks like MarineTex.
~~My question is~~ what's the best way to clean up [an older commercial hull]? Paint it or re-gel coat it[?] I like the color so I am mostly concerned with resale value. Would the cost to re-coat it ever be recovered when I go to sell it?
Jeff posted 03-29-2014 11:23 PM ET (US)
Paint it and be done with it.
Being an old commercial hull you will never see any benefits financial or otherwise by spending the extra time and money to gelcoat the hull.
pete r posted 03-30-2014 04:37 AM ET (US)
Paint it. Two-part epoxy paint will look great.
jimh posted 03-30-2014 07:42 AM ET (US)
Any older boat, whose original hull surface has been completely top-coated, either with polyester resin gel coat or just with proper marine paint, no longer has its original hull finish. The value of the new hull finish will be determined more by its appearance and quality of the application of the finish than by the finish material itself.
The degree to which one can recover the cost of any renovation of an older Boston Whaler boat is hard to predict. I think there are many factors influencing both the cost and the resulting added value. Certainly a very fundamental quality desired in any older Boston Whaler boat is a sound hull, free from major repairs, with an attractive finish.

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Author	Topic: Best Way to Clean Up Older Hull; Recovery of Cost in Renovation
jbuck	posted 03-29-2014 08:49 PM ET (US) I am looking at a older commercial hull that has some chips and scratches, [here] and there, and a repair on the stern corner with what looks like MarineTex. ~~My question is~~ what's the best way to clean up [an older commercial hull]? Paint it or re-gel coat it[?] I like the color so I am mostly concerned with resale value. Would the cost to re-coat it ever be recovered when I go to sell it?
Jeff	posted 03-29-2014 11:23 PM ET (US) Paint it and be done with it. Being an old commercial hull you will never see any benefits financial or otherwise by spending the extra time and money to gelcoat the hull.
pete r	posted 03-30-2014 04:37 AM ET (US) Paint it. Two-part epoxy paint will look great.
jimh	posted 03-30-2014 07:42 AM ET (US) Any older boat, whose original hull surface has been completely top-coated, either with polyester resin gel coat or just with proper marine paint, no longer has its original hull finish. The value of the new hull finish will be determined more by its appearance and quality of the application of the finish than by the finish material itself. The degree to which one can recover the cost of any renovation of an older Boston Whaler boat is hard to predict. I think there are many factors influencing both the cost and the resulting added value. Certainly a very fundamental quality desired in any older Boston Whaler boat is a sound hull, free from major repairs, with an attractive finish.