I plan on Awlgrip refinishing my 20' Bertram (which is currently blue)
to white. Awlgrip has many whites.Any comments on what white looks
and wears the best would be appreciated.
Thanks

On 17 Jan 2005 09:49:04 -0800, (tom clark)
wrote:
I plan on Awlgrip refinishing my 20' Bertram (which is currently blue)
to white. Awlgrip has many whites.Any comments on what white looks
and wears the best would be appreciated.
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My first question would be, why paint? Bertram used an extremely
hard, durable gel coat that can usually be buffed out many times back
to the original gloss unless you have deep scratches or are really
determined to change the color. My old Bertram 33 still had the
original gloss white gel coat after 21 years when I sold it. Here are
some pictures:

http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/hoonos...lbum?.dir=60d8

If you do paint, I'd recommend the glossiest, whitest paint that they
make, with contracting navy blue trim stripes. That would be close to
the original and it looks great.