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I'm thinking a lighter color to keep it from getting so hot (southern summers)...but does a lighter color sunbrella have a less UV resistance than a darker color?
My last cover was made from surlast, was dark blue, and seemed to hold up well after 2 years. The new one will be sunbrella (similar fabric). Does the color even matter with this fabric as far as UV resistance and how log it will last? If that's truw, maybe I should just get a red one to match the boat.
I have a console cover and a motor cover on my boat in an exposed lift. They are the dark blue(not sure if it is Sunbrella material) and they have held up fine for the last 5 years or so.
I had a good friend who ran Tavernier Boat Tops in FL Keys ,20+ years.
He said the dark blue will last the longest with black(hot) next.
Surprinsely light colors did last as long.
My 2006 Parker had Red for the t-top fabric and my canvas guy said it was the worst color when it came to fading so when I had a full set of curtains made this spring I had him also do the top...now its some color of blue...
Red would match the lettering; Black is a standard BW color. I'm leaning towards black..but I know how hot it will get. Any possible ill issues with the black attracting so much heat it might damage somethin in the boat?
Red would match the lettering; Black is a standard BW color. I'm leaning towards black..but I know how hot it will get. Any possible ill issues with the black attracting so much heat it might damage somethin in the boat?
I recently spent a few minutes on a friend's boat with the black camper canvas up. It would have damaged me if I hadn't gotten off when I did.
The guys who did the bimini for our bay boat highly recommended going with a dark color because they stay cleaner looking (I can understand that) and because they claimed that darker colors are actually cooler because they allow less UV to transmit through (not so sure). We chose light gray anyway because we thought it would look better and it is plenty cool under the bimini. But as expected, it is harder to keep clean _looking_.
I have a Black Sunbrella Bimini and I don't notice heat comming off it. I do not have any sort of enclosure to trap the heat though and I think with all the air circulating around it the heat around the fabric doesn't make a difference. Now I also have a set of black mooring covers for my boat and when snapped in place, the inside of the boat heats up considerably. No mold or mildew problems in the oven heat of my boat on a sunny day, but I worried enough about the heat that I made a cover for the boat with grey Surlast material which doesn't get nearly as hot.
My old boat had a light gray Sunbrella cover. It was 10 years old when I sold the boat and except for the color was in great shape. It sure showed stains from trees and stuff. My new boat over is dark blue. It is a little hotter under it but there are no visible stains from the giant oak tree it sits under.
Best color for a Sunbrella cover? 
