McGillicuddy
Guru
- Joined
- Dec 4, 2015
- Messages
- 754
- Location
- USA
- Vessel Name
- Scot Free
- Vessel Make
- Cheoy Lee 53' Efficient
If she is like my boat, she LIKES it.
Dirty little thing. [emoji87][emoji41]
Dirty little thing. [emoji87][emoji41]
You seem to have made a lot of progress while you wee off the forum. welcome back. Do you have a launch date in mind?
Gave the aft cockpit a bath then did some final finishing of nicks and imperfections with some Dolphin Glaze. Monday I’ll sand those areas then that area is FINISHED and ready for paint.
Matt...
What application techniqueyou going to use for painting?
And, will different boat sections require a different technique?
Also, how many coats and what brand paintsyou planning on???
She's getting closer all the time! What a pretty gal!!!
Keep plugging away Mate! Your making progress and were all behind ya!
Cheers
Greetings,
Mr. H. You're doing a marvelous job BUT the words; boat and finished, should never be used together.
KiwiGrip?
Gday Art
Mate everything will be sprayed. I’ll be using a devilbiss compact gun with a 1.3 Cap Needle and Nozzle on a 10ltr pressure pot.
The technique is the same; 1 light dust coat, wait 20mins for it to flash off, spray a medium coat, wait 30mins to flash off spray another coat and see what the coverage is like and possibly spray another coat.
The hull will be done first up to the gunwhales on day one then the following day from the gunwhales up to completion.
I’ll be using Jotun Hardtop ultra (polyurethane) on top of the Jotun Pengard HB Epoxy primer.
WOW - You've got it programed! Thanks for letting me/us-all know more about your artistry.
Only thing I can say... is... wouldn't it be more sanitary to do from top down so mist-gravity wouldn't mess up what's below it? Just a thought - you're the pro... something I'm not when it comes to painting application such as you mention.
Can hardly wait to see your painted creation!!
Cheers - Art
Yeah I hear ya brother but I’m spraying across 2 days so 6 of 1 half a dozen of the other whether I mask up the bow first or the superstructure first. I’m spraying outside so overspray won’t be as controlled as is would be in a booth ;-)
Geeeezzzz, Mate you always have the coolest tools. Tig/MiG welding with fresh air hoods!!
Just amazing.
Lol that set up isn’t mine unfortunately. I borrowed it from one of the welders my boss uses. It’s costing me a fishing trip on the boat once she’s done. Was a nice unit to use.
You're gonna have plenty of mates to chose from for any type assistance during Solstice's first months of water operations. What a great swap-n'-trade for tools etc as you build... "A day fishing"!
Nice looking little runabout fisher/diver. You are magic on boats... and most other material items too - I Bet!!
Back to final sanding and paint prep this afternoon
I conjecture the emoted, gleeful meaning of "final" makes you want to have a big fn' assed party!