Non-skid color help

[Scott Ritchey]

Looking for color advice on non-skid.

Used a pressure washer on my deck of my CD27 (1980, hull 159) and some paint came off a couple areas of the moulded non-skid surface. The non-skid appears to be painted gray. Where the paint came off, it appears tan (sort of an orangish-brown, about the color of freshly sanded teak). I think I prefer the gray .

Question: What was the original color (gray or tan)?
Was the original color painted or molded into the gel coat?



RitcheyVS@aol.com

[Geoff]

Scott;
My '30 has tan non-skid, and I don't believe any of my predecessors did any topside painting, so I assume it's factory. I do notice, however, that they've done some minor touch-up in a few places, which would lead me to think it's white gel-coat under there. I will say, the tan is pretty forgiving re shoe-scuffs and dirt and such. Even some smeared Cetol from my teak job doesn't look too horrible ground into the pattern.
Unless your pressure-wash job took a LOT of paint off, I wouldn't suggest a re-paint; from what I've heard it's a royal pain to do.
Good Luck! Geoff Safron



Brainstorm@Unidial.com

[Newton Page]

My 1980 CD27, Hull No. 175 has tan non-skid areas of the deck
and cockpit. I think tan is the original color. Some
of the early CD27s had blue non=skid, but I have never seen grey.

-Newton

Looking for color advice on non-skid.

Used a pressure washer on my deck of my CD27 (1980, hull 159) and some paint came off a couple areas of the moulded non-skid surface. The non-skid appears to be painted gray. Where the paint came off, it appears tan (sort of an orangish-brown, about the color of freshly sanded teak). I think I prefer the gray .

Question: What was the original color (gray or tan)?
Was the original color painted or molded into the gel coat?

[Jerry]

Looking for color advice on non-skid.

Used a pressure washer on my deck of my CD27 (1980, hull 159) and some paint came off a couple areas of the moulded non-skid surface. The non-skid appears to be painted gray. Where the paint came off, it appears tan (sort of an orangish-brown, about the color of freshly sanded teak). I think I prefer the gray .

Question: What was the original color (gray or tan)?
Was the original color painted or molded into the gel coat?

About a year ago, there was a series of messages on this board that reported the original non-skid to be tan-colored gel coat, not paint. You can use the search feature on this board to find the messages which will also ID the current supplier of the gel coat.