[Scott]

Hey Ben

While I have yet to start the paint process I have looked into to it pretty extensively. You've probably already looked at it but there was a discussion/thread in Repairs/mods that I started called "Painting". A lot of the discussion involved Fellow-Ship and myself....As Fellow-ship was in the middle of painting his boat you might be able to pick some stuff out of that. Also, as Fellow-Ship suggested to me, there is a video put out by Bennett Marine on "How to Awlgrip your boat". The video is short but its OK as it shows you how to Roll and Tip and takes some of the mystery out of the application process (plus seeing someone painting versus reading or discussing “how to” has major advantages) . They talk all about how to prep and apply the two part epoxy paints. I have also talked with Technical personnel at both Awlgrip and at Sterling Paints several times. I have to say that both were very nice but I would have to say that Sterling support seems to have the edge. Very willing to help me through the process if I ran into trouble while applying the paint….and really gave me the confidence that the paint can (relatively easily) be roll and tipped with great results. Fellow-Ship has proven this and I really believe it can successfully be done…… with proper preparation and patience and good weather Oh yeah that “other” paint manufacturer didn’t quite give me the same feeling for "hand application roll and tip"…… [img]images/icons/frown.gif[/img]

Your sandpaper question ….I’m sure you know but the smoother the hull is when you start the better the paint job will come out…..

Then again you could always Gel-coat it ....... talk to Trayder 'bout that [img]images/icons/grin.gif[/img]

[ July 08, 2002, 05:30 PM: Message edited by: Scott ]