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Before you paint, make sure you want to have to maintain a painted finish.
In addition to the added weight of the paint you are adding, be aware that
it scratches. I have had a number of Sunfish. One we completely removed
the paint from a deck and then buffed the deck. It was so close to new that
people asked how it got so shiny! Consider buffing and tefloning before you
consider paint. All the work you have to do to prep for paint could just as
well be used with a buffing wheel and compound, restoring a shiny finish to
the gel ... Or, if you're not racing, a little Ajax or Bar Keeper's Friend
will remove the worst of the dark splotches, followed by your favorite
bathtub shower cleaner, and the white will be REALLY white and plenty easy
to maintain with routine cleaning. Those bathtub spray on shower cleaners
do an amazing job of getting all sorts of crud off a hull ... Just rinse
really thoroughly ... and don't let it sit real long.

I've known too many people who spent weeks doing a paint job, had one bad
landing, scratched the finish and were never seen again. Sunfish launch and
retrieval is not always well padded and protected ...

I have 2 more hulls on which I want to remove paint ... It was applied by
other people, is scratched up, and would do just as well without it!

Just in case you're not reading between the lines, I don't really recommend
a complete paint job. If you have a repair you want to hide, I recommend a
coat of spray paint over the repair and GO SAILING! When that gets muffed,
touch it up with a couple spritzes ... Good luck.

Sincerely,

Gail
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Gail M. Turluck
Sunfish 24186
ISCA Masters Coordinator
USSCA Secretary
USSCA Masters Coordinator
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