Bought my first home, been learning how to mud and tape and crawling in an attic and crawl space to relocate some outlets and switches. Will continue the boat build once I see the damage of my mortgage payments and have some free time.
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have looked on their websites but struggling to find an exact match, i know to order slightly larger than slightly smaller so it can fit snug but it doesnt appear to sell an exact copy
The vinyl stripe is something i didnt think about but in terms of hiding the painters tape lines it might be the way to go! I'll look into that, I'm trying to figure out my rub rail insert replacement issue right now before i go ahead and start sanding and prepping for paint.
I need to replace the rub rail inserts on my boat cause I’m missing the back couple feet and some spots have some cracks. I’m struggling to find the same profile for mine. Realistically it would be easiest to replace the whole rub rail and insert with a newer design but the cost is tough to...
With silver potentially being tougher to paint I’m going to get more of a glossy grey. The blue will be on the sides and the grey on the bottom. I have a photo showing the paint scheme I’m thinking of. Ignore the black stripe between the two colours as I don’t think I’ll do it.
i'm not sure if i totally understand you here, say i paint the bottom first its grey colour, i would tape off the area to be painted blue and then lay tape onto the edge where the colours will meet?
not necessarily the same session, just enough to allow the epoxy primer to begin curing but applying before the recoat window closes. The instructions state it needs to be sanded after the recoat window but if applying a topcoat or additional primer within the recoat time it doesnt need sanding...
So I've went and gotten myself some primer, i went to a local auto body supplier who have supplied painting supplies to our farm before which we've had great success with. I purchased some Intergard 345 two part DTM epoxy primer with its suggested activator and reducer. They supplied me with...
Last 6 solid rivets put in today with some 5200 around the head, officially no more rivets to do through the hull (only on the internal connection points). Waiting until my schedule lines up will to bring it down to our A-frame and flip the boat over for painting the outside of the hull at this...
Still working away at getting all these components riveted in to the hull, it’s been a tedious job but taking my time to ensure everything is lined up before I drive the solid rivets in. I put a light coat of paint on the inside skin of the transom to supply some sort of coat and hopefully...
Yes this reply made complete sense to me and helped me out lots!
I’ve read about doing a layer or epoxy primer, then the 2K primer and then topcoat. Is this overkill or will doing a 2K primer over the scuffed paint and self etching primer on bare spots be sufficient?
I'm not planning on any clear coats, i was hoping to do 2 good coats of primer over the whole thing followed 2-3 coats of colour and lightly sanding between before the final topcoat.
Will I need to apply this first coat of the excel primer you talk about followed by a sealing primer and then the top coat?
Previously I’ve painting a smaller 12’ boat with basic tremclad that turned out quite well but I flipped it whereas I’m wanting to keep this around a while and would like...
I’m at the point where I’m ready to put some fresh colour onto my aluminum boat. I’ve read through almost every thread regarding painting aluminum with lots of notes taken but I have a few additional questions that haven’t been answered. Currently the boat has 99% of the existing paint on it, a...
