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Painting Day #2!!

Well today was the big day for immediate change! I sprayed on the blue. It looks OK in most areas with one big goof.

Took about an hour to mask... never did get it very straight. Oh well...

Here it is with the first pass of deep blue from Klass Kote.  I sprayed on a coat of white over the masking so that the white would bleed onto the white underneath. Then you spray the color over the top. This makes for a very sharp masking line with very little bleeding.

The goof: However, I apparently sprayed the white too heavy because I had a HUGE sag. Ugh. What to do??? The sag was white so I couldn't let it dry and then sand it down later because the white would show through. The only thing I could think of was to take a paper towel and wipe the sag off. Ugh! It still shows the wiping streaks but at least now I can sand it a bit and not go through the blue to the white. Hopefully when I add a few coats of clear epoxy it will be virtually unnoticeable.


If you look carefully at the picture below you can see where I had to wipe off the paint and then spray over it. God...



This picture looks like a lot of orange peel but it's actually not that bad. 


Ended up only doing two coats of blue. Brought it inside, removed the masking (very carefully!) and viola! Ta da!


As usual there are plenty of places that I'll need to touch up and/or sand down. But the idea is that several coats of clear epoxy will go over the entire hull and should even out a lot of the trouble spots.


Peace!  _/)


Comments

  1. naptaleneMarch 28, 2015 at 2:56 AM

    I just read the entire blog
    Looks great and like a very fun project to try. Could you elaborate on how you made the strips for the planking?

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  2. SteveMarch 28, 2015 at 7:09 AM

    Hello,

    Thanks for you comments! I am very fortunate to have a table saw. With that I am able to buy clear, kiln-dried cedar and mill my own planks. However, there are a number of online hobby lumber sellers out there who sell strips of balsa, spruce, and other species in 48" lengths that would make good planks. Check out National Balsa. There are several others too.

    Good luck!

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  3. naptaleneMarch 29, 2015 at 2:44 AM

    I'll have to see what I can get locally, thanks :)

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