MARCH 2013
WATERLINE 05
Another satisfied customer and another boat being craned back into the water after being painted by the paint team lead by Jeff Cashman at Hutcheson Boatbuilders.
All-weather boat painting facility Aceiano is a 55ft Whitianga based Don Senior game fisher that underwent a complete re-paint interior and exterior at Hutcheson Boatbuilders on the Tauranga side beside the new harbour bridge. In the 8.5 metre high shed Aceiano was stripped of fittings, windows and hatches, for the repaint. Aceiano was enclosed in scaffolding and tented within a high pressure atmosphere fan driven, to keep dust out. Also the scaffolding was floored so they could work each level of the boat at a time, working down from hard top to hull. An epoxy marine paint system was used. This entailed, after some remedial repairs, sanding filling and fairing then a primer applied before using a 3 coat paint system. The fittings were re-chromed, the stainless polished and modified by Hutcheson’s sister company Specialised Metal Fabricators. The project was completed to the highest level with the owners very satisfied with Jeff and his team with the job coming in on time and on budget. Hutcheson Boatbuilders are right next to the water so with the help of local craning company’s vessels can be craned out and placed on a track and cradle system and rolled into the shed. This means boats are out of the weather which is good news for customers no delays due to weather. We have three large sheds and hardstand facilities. For partial painting or small touch ups we can offer paint matching using a spectrometer. A camera takes an image of the colour this is then downloaded into a computer which calculates tints required and all this information is stored against the boats name, good if you happen to have another mishap and need paint touch up later on down the track. Don Mattson owner is very proud of his team and the work they do, they cover many aspects – builds as well as repairs on all types of vessels be it a small pleasure boat to large fishing trawlers check out their web site www.hutchesonboats.co.nz or give them a call.