What color is my boat?
NavyCTRC
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As you all know, there comes a time in a boats' life when the dings and scratches over the previous 10 years or so need to be fixed up. My boat is 11 years old and it doesn't look bad, but after buffing and waxing a couple weeks ago I noticed more dings and scratches than I even knew were there, where do they come from? I know spectrum color likely has a match for my boat but I don't know what Rinker called the color? If I can figure out how to upload a picture, there will be an example. It is the tan or light brown color, spectrum has one called Expresso Brown for Rinker, but I expresso should be dark brown. The picture below is an example of the color on the boat I wish I owned. 
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Dream 'Inn III -- 2008 400 Express
Thanks a bunch for the informative answer! Can anyone tell me how to fine tune what I get to match the 11 year old gel coat on my boat?
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What are you looking to accomplish ? As you know, you can buff and wax till your arms falls off and with your boat being 11 years old, you will eventually have to come to terms with the fact that your battle has become "uphill". Deep scratches and dings will not buff out without causing the area around it to show signs of rub-through. Have you considered painting the "brown" area ?? I was warned by many that painting that area would be a disaster because scratches would have to be touched up, not rubbed out. However...I can tell you that one year after my boat was painted, it is as spectacular as the day it came out of the paint shop. Not a scratch, rub mark or ding. No buffing, just a hand wax and it looks GREAT. I kept the burgundy theme the boat was built with, however I chose a high metallic, base coat/clear coat to match the Sunbrella canvas that I put on. Just a thought....Hope it gives you something else to consider.