Boat color wrap?

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I see boats, buses etc wrapped with some sort of plastic advertising and wondered if anyone has ever tried to use it to change hull color.

Would be interesting to put on a blue wrap to make the boat look different for a few years.
 
Watching! My son is contemplating doing this to his faded red hull Rinker.
 
Boat on lift a few slips down from mine has a wrapped hull. The years take its toll, edges peeling, scratches showing. From 20’ away it still looks good.
 
My neighbor just had his new to him boat wrapped. It came out fantastic. Not too sure how it will hold up in the water though.
 
Sounds easier and cheaper than painting. The gel coat should remain pristine. I always liked colored hulls but gel coat fades
 
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Found a web site that gives prices. Would last several times longer that a hull waxing I imagine and a whole lot cheaper than painting.
http://sealysigns.com/boat-wraps-price/

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That MAY give you an idea, but they are located in Australia.
The shipping charges each way just might kill the deal. :)
 
OOPS but that makes it much cheaper at .70 US per $aus :D
 
My brother just told me that they want $5500 just to clear wrap his corvette!
 
Local outfit quoted me $1300 to wrap the 2-door Wrangler 3 weeks ago. $5500 sounds very high. Or my estimate very low?
 
A jet boat near me has a wrap, looks awesome and seems to be holding up after a couple of years.
 
Protective wraps for sports/exotic cars use more expensive material and the installation is more tedious. The high end jobs are called ceramic coating.
 
It's all about the labor. I knew a guy who did it do his 20ft fishing charter boat, roughly every other year. Wraps were an off season occupation, so hard to compare cost wise.

The vinyl you can get is similar to what you might be doing graphics with. You can get a good ten years out of the good stuff there. For a hull, lets conservatively say you should be able to get 5 years-ish

Unfortunately labor is not cheap, I bet I'd have to pay someone minimum $2K to do my 48 from the gunn'l down if a shopped a bit. It's large, but not so many creases and such. I bet initial quotes a much higher, not many doing it and a bit of a risk.

I'm hopeful this gets more mainstream. Lots of colors out there!
 
Sounds a whole lot cheaper than an swlgrip job
 
Probably is cheaper, estimate to wrap the flybridge and transom on our 36 footer was $3500.
 
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