: Unfortunately, I and most of my customers do not own a spray booth.
: Wish I did. It is on the wish list for my next and bigger shop.
: In the meantime, everyone will need to re-varnish their boats at
: some time. Dan, do they bring them back to you for a new spray
: coat each time? If they do, I like your business plan. LOL. With
: a good bedding compound, one that remains soft, is not permanent
: and can be taken off means that anyone can remove, clean,
: re-varnish and then re-assemble. I don't find them hard to
: remove if installed in such a way that they can be.

I don't own a spray booth either. You don't need one and I don't advocate spraying the stuff unless you have a booth. I have a local body shop spray my boats professionally for a very modest rate. The beauty of the modern urethanes is that you should NEVER have to respray it. Think of your vehicles. Do you ever have their clearcoats reapplied as part of the maintenance schedule?! NO!! Some/most of them sit out in the sun 356 days a year with little degradation. If you're worried about "the nasty marine environment" there are several urethane marine clearcoats made with extra UV blockers. Spend the $200 to $250 and get your boat clearcoated. Most body shops like doing out of the normal projects once and a while. If/when the bottom gets nasty, brush on a coat of varnish. You can put just about anything over the urethanes.

Personally I'm almost at the point where anything with "marine" in the title only allows the company to charge extra money for it. Some products it's warranted. Most: probably not. Take traditional marine varnish. Traditional is the key word. If you have to have the "look" and "feel" of an alkyd varnish, go for it. I think it's a ploy by the varnish makers to enhance their bottom line. For the limited durability you get it's way too expensive considering the labor that is required every year or two. With the truly modern coatings you should never have to recoat your boat. Unless of course you want to change the color. Caveat is bottom paint. It wears off and has to be reapplied. That's a given. Even that is being worked around.

There's my rant for what it's worth.

Dan