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[FELLOW-SHIP]

One more point in painting. I know you live in Miami and its June. You need at least 6 hrs of no rain after you paint the boat if you are painting outside in the open. It takes a while for the paint to kick. I always first check the weather report first, then paint first thing in the morning and pray that God holds back the rain. There have been several days that I decided on waiting another day.

I painted my boat in 2002 use it 30 to 50 days a year and decided to give another coat of paint just last month. 8 years between jobs is pretty good the reason I gave her another coat was not because the paint was showing any age but as stated above dings and scrapes and abuse from the captain and crew. I spent a day repairing abused locations then I toughed up all dings with a spot coat of paint, then sanded the whole boat and then rolled and tipped one fresh coat of paint. In this way it looks new again. If you roll and tip you have to sand between coats which gives you the chance to perfect you technique. If you spray you can do all coats in one day, if you screw up you can sand last coat smoother and spray one more coat of paint another day. My boat passes the 3 foot look test but no one can pass my wife’s 6 inch magnification test.


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Just for the Grins

Official Antique Classic SeaCraft Owner