Boat interiors

[Pipefitter]

Hello everyone. Just wondering if some of you guys/girls out there could post some pictures of yours or other's painted interiors of your boats so as I could get some ideas of colors. I am looking for cool colors(not too hot to sit/stand on in the FL sun) yet low glare. I thought of spattered finishes and grey. What would look good on the interior of a Simmons Skiff. All I see is mostly varnished wood and white. I know white is a killer on the eyes since that is what most of the modern boats I work on are inside. What is the norm for coordinating colors between the inside and outside paint schemes. The blue on my Simmons exterior isn't what I was after. The paint swatch(Largo blue) they showed "online" at jamestown distributors is not even close to what it actually is. I wanted a more greener blue than that. Not sea foam green either.I wanted dark blue/white originally on the exterior but then I heard of dark colors being too hot for epoxied surfaces. I had to mix the largo blue with off white to get the blue I have now but it still isn't quite there. I have one final coat to go once all the rigging and stuff is done so I can still change it. The interior is painted to get the damned thing on the water this year. Any ideas and pictures are most welcome.

Here is the brightsides color chart online and the largo blue that is depicted on the swatches is so far off that they shouldn't bother posting the colors online. Largo blue is more like dark royal blue in real life. The catalog they send in the mail is close but nothing like the online version.
Largo blue is more like the saphire blue on the online chart


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[Oyster]

Well, a nice thin layer of teak would be a great addition to your hull, leaving the interior sides Oyster white. If you need some numbers of suppliers, let me know. Or right in your area, Teak Systems would provide you some materials, too.

[Pipefitter]

You know Oyster, I had originally started to build this boat as a bright and polished wood working marvel around some old cypress boards I had recovered from an old house remodel in Sarasota and then I started to think of the guys I fish with. They are all kind of rough around the edges and the middle too,I suppose.And all the other boats I used to have to work on, wearing those paper footies on my shoes. We wade fish alot. We get to the spot and get out of the boat so there is no disadvantages to boat positioning for guy in front vs guy in back and all that rod passing when we get into the hog reds all at once like. That black stinky mud that redfish love so much,would probably fill the caulk joints in that teak better than the caulking does.Cast net leads,oyster shell parts,net bucket sliding around maybe. I just saw scratches galore when I pictured a teak deck on my humble boat. Maybe it's the white frames on the off white sides I dislike and maybe i wont even care once I get a fish or 2 in it. I appreciate your input tho. I liked the way your skiff was painted as well as the sailboat. It's getting close  

[Oyster]

Well whether the skiff has a painted floor to your liking or not, the  paint will still have all that abuse that you list. ANother alternative, is the non-backed carpet, with a border around it, snapped in place, or heavy velcro  or hook and latch at the edges, that can be removed when returning from a trip. When my boys were young, this is just what I did, since potato chip crumbs, and chicken skin was the order of the day. So take you pick, repaint after dings, or use teak, and a bit of sudsy amonia every month or so, until you get the new boat finished.

[Barry Pyeatt]

There is always bed liner sprayed into the bottom.   Waterproof, non-skid and tough as nails. It also comes in light colors not just black.

[Pipefitter]

Ok,since everyone only takes pictures of the outsides of their boats and has no ideas for color schemes,I will just leave it and let the dirt decide. Scaled sardine silver,fish gut red and Tampa bay gumbo mud grey.

[Oyster]

I would not add bedliner material to a Simmons Sea Skiff.   [my suttle opinion, of course] Along those lines, I am not sure what you could use inside, except just a shade of your  exterior hull sides, to keep from being too drastic of a contrast.  You exterior hull color, with it being a bit pastel, restricts you with any bold color changes. Thats why when in doubt, wood is hard to beat on a wooden boat, and goes with almost every color down the road when you build that new hull with a coat of paint next year.  

[Barry Pyeatt]

True, true!  Bed liner isn't great on a hull that has planks which have to move..  Easy to wash off the fish scales though.