Does anyone know if any M boats were manufactured with colored gel coat? I've seen a green hull, and was curious if that was factory or painted. thx a
Many colors. Red, blue, green, yellow, black. Always Gel Coat. Never paint. Bob [image1.png] Sent from my iPad On Nov 7, 2017, at 9:46 AM, AM Middleriverstudio <middleriverstudio@gmail.com<mailto:middleriverstudio@gmail.com>> wrote: Does anyone know if any M boats were manufactured with colored gel coat? I've seen a green hull, and was curious if that was factory or painted. thx a
Yep, they were...my M17 #38 1974 appears to have had the original "tangerine" gel coat color (my best guess as to name of the color, Jerry feel free to correct that!). It was painted over at some point with more of a deep red, but there are some small wear spots where the "tangerine" shows through, and also where the bottom paint is flaking it is visible, and when I was repairing the CB stop pin area I exposed the original color. So some you see may have been painted, but definitely some were color gelcoat. cheers, John S. On 11/07/2017 09:45 AM, AM Middleriverstudio wrote:
Does anyone know if any M boats were manufactured with colored gel coat? I've seen a green hull, and was curious if that was factory or painted.
thx a
-- John Schinnerer - M.A., Whole Systems Design -------------------------------------------- - Eco-Living - Whole Systems Design Services People - Place - Learning - Integration john@eco-living.net - 510.982.1334 http://eco-living.net http://sociocracyconsulting.com
Many of the 70s M17s were in the popular base color red/green/blue/yellow. as the years went by fewer were we 'colored' and more were made in a light cream. Better if it wasn't painted over the original gel coat. The modern paints are really good but they are less flexible than gel coat and fiberglass. very easily chipped and for a trailerable boat this is a problem. Had a green M15 that was painted ...chipping was TERRIBLE! :: Dave Scobie :: former M15 owner #288 - http://www.freewebs.com/m15-name-scred :: M17 #375 SWEET PEA - http://www.m17-375.webs.com :: Sage 17 #1 - AIR BORN - http://sagemarine.us/sage_17.html :: Sage 15 sloop #001 - ASOLARE - http://sagemarine.us/sage_15.html :: SageCat #000 - SAGECAT - http://sagemarine.us/sagecat.html
On 11/07/2017 09:45 AM, AM Middleriverstudio wrote:
Does anyone know if any M boats were manufactured with colored gel coat? I've seen a green hull, and was curious if that was factory or painted.
thx a
My 1985 vintage M-15 in the original gel colored cream and still looks good. Did try to paint over a scratch several years ago, and would be interested in buying a small amount of touch-up in the original gel colored cream if it is available. Steve M-15 # 335 -----Original Message----- From: Dave Scobie Sent: Tuesday, November 7, 2017 10:32 AM To: For and about Montgomery Sailboats Subject: Re: M_Boats: Color hulls? Many of the 70s M17s were in the popular base color red/green/blue/yellow. as the years went by fewer were we 'colored' and more were made in a light cream. Better if it wasn't painted over the original gel coat. The modern paints are really good but they are less flexible than gel coat and fiberglass. very easily chipped and for a trailerable boat this is a problem. Had a green M15 that was painted ...chipping was TERRIBLE! :: Dave Scobie :: former M15 owner #288 - http://www.freewebs.com/m15-name-scred :: M17 #375 SWEET PEA - http://www.m17-375.webs.com :: Sage 17 #1 - AIR BORN - http://sagemarine.us/sage_17.html :: Sage 15 sloop #001 - ASOLARE - http://sagemarine.us/sage_15.html :: SageCat #000 - SAGECAT - http://sagemarine.us/sagecat.html
On 11/07/2017 09:45 AM, AM Middleriverstudio wrote:
Does anyone know if any M boats were manufactured with colored gel coat? I've seen a green hull, and was curious if that was factory or painted.
thx a
Not sure what was used (or how long ago) on mine to apply the red over the tangerine-orange original. It seems to stick darn well. I'm guessing it was a two-part epoxy paint and professionally done. There is some kind of primer or base layer between the original tangerine and the red. And, there were some surface fill repairs done in places, like dings in the gelcoat or scrapes from something or both, that were sprayed, with something that faded out quite a bit since I got her. It's not auto primer, but it ends up looking like that reddish auto primer color as it fades. A light wet-sanding with some fairly worn-out 400 wet-or-dry (or maybe some new 600 :-) takes it off reasonably well. cheers, John S. On 11/07/2017 10:32 AM, Dave Scobie wrote:
Many of the 70s M17s were in the popular base color red/green/blue/yellow. as the years went by fewer were we 'colored' and more were made in a light cream.
Better if it wasn't painted over the original gel coat. The modern paints are really good but they are less flexible than gel coat and fiberglass. very easily chipped and for a trailerable boat this is a problem. Had a green M15 that was painted ...chipping was TERRIBLE!
:: Dave Scobie :: former M15 owner #288 - http://www.freewebs.com/m15-name-scred :: M17 #375 SWEET PEA - http://www.m17-375.webs.com :: Sage 17 #1 - AIR BORN - http://sagemarine.us/sage_17.html :: Sage 15 sloop #001 - ASOLARE - http://sagemarine.us/sage_15.html :: SageCat #000 - SAGECAT - http://sagemarine.us/sagecat.html
On 11/07/2017 09:45 AM, AM Middleriverstudio wrote:
Does anyone know if any M boats were manufactured with colored gel coat? I've seen a green hull, and was curious if that was factory or painted.
thx a
-- John Schinnerer - M.A., Whole Systems Design -------------------------------------------- - Eco-Living - Whole Systems Design Services People - Place - Learning - Integration john@eco-living.net - 510.982.1334 http://eco-living.net http://sociocracyconsulting.com
We made lots of colored hulls, but gel coat companies come and go. We did make a dark green, plenty of them, probably a PPG color. Last I heard PPG is no longer in the gel coat business. Ffor refinishing, the polyujurastuanes are the way to go- very durable and the best in UV resistance. Sand good, use a epoxy primer, sand again, and paint. -----Original Message----- From: AM Middleriverstudio Sent: Tuesday, November 07, 2017 9:45 AM To: montgomery_boats@mailman.xmission.com Subject: M_Boats: Color hulls? Does anyone know if any M boats were manufactured with colored gel coat? I've seen a green hull, and was curious if that was factory or painted. thx a
Does anyone have the e-mail address for the WoodenBoat Foundation Chandlery in Port Townsend? Or the WoodenBoat Foundation in Port Townsend? Thanx, Steve M-15 # 335 stevetrapp@q.com
Open 10–5, 7 days a week 431 Water Street, Port Townsend, WA 98368 360.385.3628 x101 https://shop.woodenboatchandlery.org/pages/about-us :: Dave Scobie On Nov 26, 2017 1:40 PM, "Steve Trapp" <stevetrapp@q.com> wrote:
Does anyone have the e-mail address for the WoodenBoat Foundation Chandlery in Port Townsend? Or the WoodenBoat Foundation in Port Townsend? Thanx, Steve M-15 # 335 stevetrapp@q.com
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