Hey guys, I am thinking about buying a boat with a black hull. I am concerned with how hard it is going to be to keep clean. Is it going to get a white chalky haze on it mid way through the season? If it does how hard it is going to be to get clean? I am meticulous about how my boat looks so if some one could cast some insight on this for me I would really appreciate it. Thanks, Kenny
It all depends on how you take care of it. Typically, the chaulky look comes from applying wax and then not removing it before applying a new coat. The wax itself hazes and must be removed before applying a new coat. Use a hull cleaner like collinite 920 on the hull after each season and then rewax at the beginning of the seaosn and it should not haze as long as you rinse it down after each trip. I've seen dark hulls that look great and others that look like crap, all depends on how the owner maintained it. My buddy just bought a 12 year old fountain with a black hull and it looks brand new, the owner took care of it. I've seen 3 year old welcrafts with dark hulls that look like junk, those owners let it sit and did nothing to make it look good.
Darker hulls do reguire more maintenance, but honestly you should be doing that work to take care of the boat regardless of hull color IMHO. Guys can get away with it on white hulls or lighter colors becuase it is less noticable, but they still haze too if not taken care of.
To me the hull color would not be an issue since you should do the work anyways, plus they can look very sharp on the water. If the boat fits your needs, go for it and enjoy it!!!
Is it gel coat or paint? Keeping it clean is more work but doable, however the thing to be concerned with is fading. We've seen cases where due to slip location one side is exposed to the sun considerably more than the other and they fade at different rates. Just food for thought.
Colinite products have uv inhibitors in them to block the sun damage, they are also made for boats.
it is so important to keep the wax on it all the time.. and keep it clean.
When I was on Southern star, we would polish the tender with awlcare polimer polish and it had a navy blue hull, but it was painted with awlgrip.
Had a black 01' Mako, great boat, every year, buffed , then waxed with pure wax,
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i detail boats and as previously stated if you keep it clean it will stay nice. use colinite fleetwax it is worth the extra money. to insure you do not get the chalky look remove the wax with a micro fiber cloth.
I have a black hulled 26' regulator and black sure stands out. I made the cover of BIG GAME JOURNAL, THE LONG ISLAND FISHERMEN, and CONSUMER MARINE ELECTRONICS CATALOG, plus REGULATORS CALANDER 2X. If you have the means and the muscle to take care of it, don't hessitate to get one. Mine is a 2004 and no signs of hazing or chalkiness. I agree with all that colonite is "the wax" it takes some muscle to take off but is worth it. Each spring I do a cleaner wax then the colonite. have any of the pros used a product by 3m caled a hand glaze for dark colors ?
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