16-foot 7-inch Hull: How Much Gel Coat Resin for Hull and Cockpit

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texaswhaler
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16-foot 7-inch Hull: How Much Gel Coat Resin for Hull and Cockpit

Postby texaswhaler » Sat Aug 28, 2021 11:53 pm

My 16-foot 7-inch hull is nearly ready for spraying with gel coat resin. I'm going to spray the boat with "Jade Mist" gel coat from SPECTRUM. This color was a factory color option only available in 1997, and I believe only a few OUTRAGE models were ordered with it. I plan on spraying four to five coats of gel coat resin.

Q1: How many quarts or gallons of gel coat will be needed for the hull bottom and hull sides?

Q2: How many quarts will be needed for the topsides and cockpit?


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Re: 16-foot 7-inch Hull: How Much Paint for Hull and Cockpit

Postby jimh » Sun Aug 29, 2021 8:30 am

I am a bit confused. Is the boat a classic 16-footer? If so, I don't think it was an OUTRAGE model made in 1997.

Re the color "Jade Mist", I think you may be taking about an green hue as seen in a c.1996 OUTRAGE 24 boat shown in CETACEA Page 73

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Fig. 1. One of what is believed to be only four Boston Whaler OUTRAGE 24 boats molded in this unusual green gel coat hue. See the article at CETACEA Page 73 for more details on this boat.

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Re: 16-foot 7-inch Hull: How Much Gel Coat Resin for Hull and Cockpit

Postby texaswhaler » Sun Aug 29, 2021 10:32 am

To clarify, the boat I am refinishing is a 1966 non-smirked 16-foot 7-inch hull.

Figure 2 below illustrates what I believe is the "Jade Mist Green" color.

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Fig. 2. Hull color “Jade Mist.”
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Re: 16-foot 7-inch Hull: How Much Gel Coat Resin for Hull and Cockpit

Postby Jefecinco » Mon Aug 30, 2021 10:31 am

Wow, what an eye catcher [the hull color in Figure 2] is.
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