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Russ Pagels · Post by **Russ Pagels** » Mar 14th, '10, 13:20

Hate to belabor the paint issue, after I said I would go with Imron. But, their is always a but, while working with Scott the owner of Silver Hawk boats, he mentioned a paint product called Alexseal. as I had never heard of it, I looked It up on the net. They use it on some real big boats. any experience with this product would be greatly appreciated...Russ

CaptPatrick · Post by **CaptPatrick** » Mar 14th, '10, 13:58

No experience with that one, but did Scott mention it as a paint he regularly uses and likes, or was it more like a paint he'd like to try out... You being the Guinea pig?

Thums Up · Post by **Thums Up** » Mar 14th, '10, 14:13

A lot of guys in NJ are using it and loving it! I haven't used it personally but that is what is going on my boat. It gets good reviews. My paint guys says it is better than imron and awlgrip, for what it is worth.

Russ Pagels · Post by **Russ Pagels** » Mar 14th, '10, 14:30

Pat, they use them all. they build boats and also do full rehabs and repair.they will paint anthing I want same price. Pat what was the original color of our boats?.Thumbs up thanks for the input ,Scott is located in NJ...Thanks...Russ

ianupton · Post by **ianupton** » Mar 14th, '10, 16:52

Awlgrip "Oyster White" is about as close as you can get to the original Bertram white.

bob lico · Post by **bob lico** » Mar 14th, '10, 22:00

russ my boat is a floating paint experiment!! i have imron on hull sides ,awlgrip on bridge in side and endura on top side and cockpit.imron best shine never needs wax but don`t surmerge in salt water. it will bubble like if you have a water line stripe that goes under water when you fuel up . the imron is not nearly as tough in the cockpit as endura .endura and alexseal are similar .i would choose awlgrip lastly for hullside because you know down the road somebody going to scratch it and repaint is a impossible match job.been there seen that and i am going to do it again!!!

JP Dalik · Post by **JP Dalik** » Mar 15th, '10, 01:15

Alexseal is for all intent derived from awlgrip. Very durable with a great gloss. There are several custom boat builders using this paint. I am pretty sure that my friends on the Canyon Runner used this paint on their Richie Howell when it was built.

Should go 5 plus years with no issue. We are on 4 years with regular Awlgrip and the finish is fine. Even after this winter without a cover.

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