Gold paint source

[mjohnh]

My 28TE has a thin (approx 3/16th) line around the boat about 12" below the deck line. I would like to find a source of that paint or to match the color. Does anyone have suggestions on this problem?

Thank you.

[Jeremyvmd]

Are you sure it's paint? Mine had the same thing but was just vinyl tape. A lil heat and it came off...

[mjohnh]

Pretty sure. Believe it or not, I have found a "Sharpie" with oil based paint in gold. It is almost a perfect match. I will just try it and see if it lasts. The original is not tape but is a thin line of gold paint. I had a small gel coat patch to fix a spot that included about 1 inch of the gold stripe and it sanded off just like paint......by the way, for those that need to do a small patch, I used an Evercoat kit and mixed blue and some black to create navy blue....it was a little too blue when it dried and I then mixed just the colors, without the base, and made the patch darker....I believe that the patch did accept the tint and will see how it lasts after I seal, wax and polish it. Pretty tricky,but doable. The real challenge is to get the color match right when you mix the color with the base.

[Jeremyvmd]

Yea I used the same kit, or I should say my artist niece used the same kit for a patch on shady. She found it needed a touch of red to match our blue hull. Your lucky then mine was just a decal running around the boat. Glad to hear you found a possible fix!