Painting,
The 70's was the age of Glitter it was an age of new techniques, newer ideas, new clear coats had came on the market, in came newer dance music, newer people and the world for a short time flocked for the new age of excitement.    It was a time of "we" the powered personal water craft for the I and me generation did not exist, they on the other hand had sailed wind surfers these were everywhere.. (Mostly White too)

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30 Year latter The paint problem (can be costly or very reasonable)
After spending countless hours meeting with specialized car painters and local boat builders about a true long lasting fix I found myself frustrated - a new paint job would cost $1500
Waxes had temporary fixes. Interesting reading acrylic wax Marine waxes is what we use on our floors it works wonders but in the end they wash off.

The $1,500 solution was an auto process and I did not like the idea of removing the base metal flake.
. Contacting Larson they informed me they had no idea what had been used as the clear or how the Metal Flake had been applied in those years. Time moves on, Vanguard now Silverline boats of Winnipeg Manitoba had no idea as their application for their Disco Glitter Boats (copies of Glastron's) proved to fade rather rapidly in the sun so in the end what ever Glasspar and or Larson had opted for and how it was applied in their manufacturing process became a modern day lost art.   On the amazing side of things their process worked as in 30 years the clear coat on this boat remains a shine for the most part.

But those white wear and tear scratches?

Frustrated I required a sample of the actual boat to carry to the local paint suppliers. I removed the dash and cut out a hole 2 inches in size in order to obtain a sample of the boat's blue color needless to say putting back the dash covers the hole. .

I took the chip to the local auto body paint shop and had them mix a batch of metallic paint using their computer. A 1 to 2 inch sample can cover the test screen of the computer very well. Leaving the paint supplier,    I was not impressed at the time as in no way is metallic's as deep as metal flakes.   It appeared to be so far off that I missed an entire weekend to try it out - But..................

Wow did it work out, Simply finger painting and a micro art brush with the metallic lacquer worked magic   Presto: 2 feet away on the worst of scratches it looked like a brand new craft simply cover with clear coat. Many and I mean many of the scratches would vanish before my eyes.

I did locate the actual blue used a local auto shop had the exact metal flakes in stock ,
This is an un-needed process simply fill in the white scratches by finger painting and add a dab of clear coat spray afterwards. The metallic paint matched by computer covers the white and the thinness of the application makes the scratch nearly invisible there is no over painting by finger application.

The entire project cost me $5.95 and 4 hours of finger painting time. Don't forget to buy the Lacquer thinner you will need it to clean your fingers off. I can't exclaim clear enough how well this process worked out - you have nothing to loose.

Worst case: Worst case: The deck of our boat has been kept reasonably well over the years, it was the Sides, Keel and Transom back side that had the frowning scratches.
Your project may require a little more work but this too is a relatively easy undertaking
If the whole top is faded sand it with light 400 / 600 pluss paper(s) and have the top deck clear coated. It's the old clear surface that is faded not the route base. It is the clear surface that shines not the color base.    Our local body shop would undertake the labor spraying for $150.00 if we did the prep work.     When undertaking a re-coat of clear you must sand the entire surface for the clear to adhere to, I also strongly suggest you work with your local auto paint supplier to have them inform you which clear coat is the most durable. I have found clear to be the magic paint of "all" it hides all, adds depth and is rather easy to apply. For spraying small works pick up a hand sprayer available at most Walmart Stores

The jar will hold and spray automotive paints very nicely without you having to purchase a compressor and paint gun. This device sells for less than $15.00 Add this device it to your lets try it list, you will glad you did. It can do wonders for repainting engines fuel tanks and small parts of your craft.