Interior paint color on mid 80's boats

[balfanym]

Does anyone know if the original color used on the interior, looks to be the same everywhere, exists on the shelf today. It seems to be an almondy, tan, cream, beige, maybe thirty years of rum vapor enriched off white kinda color. Kinda hope it's the last one...

Many thanks,
Mike Balfany
S/V Little Bird, PP 37

[Michael Moradzadeh]

Gotta be something that ends with "-ish"

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[David Hilliar]

Hi

If you can take a sample to your paint merchant they can possibly scan the sample and get an exact colour match for you.

David

SV Ace, P42

[Matthew Davidson]

On S/V Wildflower P40 Refit, I pulled out the  pedestal base under the Head when I replaced our toilet system three years ago. Took the base for color match to Sherwinn Williams - Industrial Paint store in Seattle on 6th Ave. I matched the interior Head area color and have it on record at the store in Seattle. Yes, it's a creamy white. We pained our Deck with a 50% cut off this color and did our sanded non-skid areas with this exact 100% "head" color match... came out great. We used Corothane for everything.

I learned about Corothane Paint from a Ewan, our Marina yard hand who was former Coast-guardsman and previous union painter foreman. He must have used good PPE equipment as he still has his brain cells intact. We are very good friends and lives aboard in the marina. He showed me this really tough paint for marine and industrial coating. Very high-gloss finish with 69% solids. Xylene based single-part that is ambient-moisture cured hard as a rock! He has been using it on boat decks, hull sides, trucks, cranes.. you name it with beautiful results. 

Basic application is with ultra-fine mohair weenie roller in cool climate (40-60 F) so it will not flash off too fast and will flow. He suggested early AM of late PM application times in the hot seasons. Best when it's cool. He taught us proper tricks and technique for weenie roller application that is near perfect. You have to get within 2 feel to see any orange peel stipple. This stuff is toxic as hell so you have to use a good respirator with lots of ventilation. It has become the Marina Boat paint of choice at South Park Marina on most refits. I used this on our decks, interior shelves and deep dark places below deck for glossy off-white easy to clean surfaces. Would be a great bilge paint too. 

My Buddy Paul, is currently restoring a Crealock 37 Yawl serial #1 in the yard... the prototype that is now the Pacific Seacraft 37. He is applying Corothane everywhere inside and out while on the hard in our yard right now. He is the Engineer who built and currently maintains the Great Wheel on Seattle's water front. They use Corothane on everything there as well!

Check this paint out... its really good stuff! It's expensive but goes a longways coating... especially on the 2nd coat. When we buy a new gallon, we always pour it off into 4 quart cans, splash reducer on top and smack on lids so we can carefully store them. They keep pretty darn good if you don't shake the cans and keep the reducer floating over top of the paint as a barrier from air. Learned a number of tricks from Ewan! After opening a small can and use some... re-splash reducer on top, smack on lids and carefully store them for later use. Works well. 

Anyway... Long story... with great results and a trick that should be shared. Let me know if anyone needs this paint or color code for Corothane?

Matthew S/V Wildflower

[John Baudendistel]

Matthew,

Perfect timing.  I'm refurbishing my mast step and need a very good paint.  Also repainting this related bilge area.  Sounds like this would work.  Can you tell us the color code? Or is it on file at that store and if so under the boat name??

Thanks 

John Baudendistel

Jo...@ets247.com

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[michael balfany]

Thanks Matthew for sharing yet another nugget of sage advice from the deep well of knowledge that flows from this group.  Being the first to formulate this color, I think the honor of naming it goes to you...

Perpetually painting, Mike Balfany 

S/V Little Bird 

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