My bulwarks are painted with a linear polyurethane paint that
perfectly matches the BCC beige color. It is needing some touch up.
The paint is from Sterling and is apparently custom mixed just for the
BCC and is not something they regularly have on hand. While they did
have 3 quarts in stock (I wonder about the shelf life of this
stuff) when I called, they wanted $140/quart direct from them, or West
Marine could special order it for a little over $100.
After a little searching, I discovered that Epifanes makes a LPU
that seems a close match. It is #803 Cream, and is readily available
from Hamilton Marine in Portland and Searsport, Maine (1-800-639-2715)
for $34.99 for 750 ml. I just tried a little of it and it is not
perfect, but pretty darn close. I made up several extra little chips
of the paint itself if anyone is interested in seeing how it looks.
john churchill
404 kings gate
chesapeake, va 23320
757-547-7714
At 05:02 PM 12/24/2001 +0000, you wrote:
My bulwarks are painted with a linear polyurethane paint that
perfectly matches the BCC beige color. It is needing some touch up.
The paint is from Sterling and is apparently custom mixed just for the
BCC and is not something they regularly have on hand. While they did
have 3 quarts in stock (I wonder about the shelf life of this
stuff) when I called, they wanted $140/quart direct from them, or West
Marine could special order it for a little over $100.
After a little searching, I discovered that Epifanes makes a LPU
that seems a close match. It is #803 Cream, and is readily available
from Hamilton Marine in Portland and Searsport, Maine (1-800-639-2715)
for $34.99 for 750 ml. I just tried a little of it and it is not
perfect, but pretty darn close. I made up several extra little chips
of the paint itself if anyone is interested in seeing how it looks.
john churchill
404 kings gate
chesapeake, va 23320
757-547-7714
Sterling is sticking it in your ear…Roger Olson was
quoted $200/gallon to match the midnight blue of my hull gelcoat with
custom mixed LP for my bulwarks. I have a growing suspicion that they
dropped a standard color on the fellow who did my bulwarks as the LP and
gel are quite different in the sunlight. I don’t see a gallon price in the
West catalog over about $240. One would think that once a color was
formulated, it’s a simple process to pull the right nozzles and come up
with more. Check with Sumio about getting it through him.
Tom Harrer
White Wings III
I have used Interlux Hatteras Offwhite (I think that’s correct), and find it
to be a close match to the hull color.
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From: jcskua [mailto:jchurchill@erols.com ]
Sent: Monday, December 24, 2001 9:03 AM
To: bcc@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [bcc] paint matching BCC beige
My bulwarks are painted with a linear polyurethane paint that
perfectly matches the BCC beige color. It is needing some touch up.
The paint is from Sterling and is apparently custom mixed just for the
BCC and is not something they regularly have on hand. While they did
have 3 quarts in stock (I wonder about the shelf life of this
stuff) when I called, they wanted $140/quart direct from them, or West
Marine could special order it for a little over $100.
After a little searching, I discovered that Epifanes makes a LPU
that seems a close match. It is #803 Cream, and is readily available
from Hamilton Marine in Portland and Searsport, Maine (1-800-639-2715)
for $34.99 for 750 ml. I just tried a little of it and it is not
perfect, but pretty darn close. I made up several extra little chips
of the paint itself if anyone is interested in seeing how it looks.
john churchill
404 kings gate
chesapeake, va 23320
757-547-7714
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