Hello everyone.
As some of you may know, I will be building a hydroplane for this summer but to help fund, I thought I would make some money to pay for everything that I will need because I want to do it properly. I would just like to thank everyone that posted especially "oops" for their help.
Right, to make me some money, I bought a 14ft Shakespeare with a 50hp mercury blueband on a road trailer. Now, here is a link to it
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/speed-boat-sk...oryZ1296QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
As you can see, the pictures show the paintwork is rather poor and I want to repaint it a bright cherry red colour.
http://www1.istockphoto.com/file_th...tockphoto_996408_cherry_red_classic_chevy.jpg
That is a picture of a chevvy but the colour I will be painting.
The boat is fibreglass obviously and I need to know how to paint it. I have had a look at a few resources on tinternet but they seem to say different things and I can't get a grip on what I should and shouldn't be doing! Thing is its already got paint on and I don't know about primers.
What I've got so far...
1. Rub down, sandpaper get a matt surface and get any major dents out.
2. Prime it with a white undercoat, 2 or 3 coats
3. Put a top coat on 2 or 3 coats of my chosen colour
4. ???????
Is this right, I have no idea. Any brands would also be good.
Im only 16 so I have little experience of painting boat, I did a 8' dinghy last year but that was more of a large touch up job.
I've got a spray gun but never used it so might fix that up somehow. I have got orbital and belt sanders.
Any advice would be useful, thanks
As some of you may know, I will be building a hydroplane for this summer but to help fund, I thought I would make some money to pay for everything that I will need because I want to do it properly. I would just like to thank everyone that posted especially "oops" for their help.
Right, to make me some money, I bought a 14ft Shakespeare with a 50hp mercury blueband on a road trailer. Now, here is a link to it
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/speed-boat-sk...oryZ1296QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
As you can see, the pictures show the paintwork is rather poor and I want to repaint it a bright cherry red colour.
http://www1.istockphoto.com/file_th...tockphoto_996408_cherry_red_classic_chevy.jpg
That is a picture of a chevvy but the colour I will be painting.
The boat is fibreglass obviously and I need to know how to paint it. I have had a look at a few resources on tinternet but they seem to say different things and I can't get a grip on what I should and shouldn't be doing! Thing is its already got paint on and I don't know about primers.
What I've got so far...
1. Rub down, sandpaper get a matt surface and get any major dents out.
2. Prime it with a white undercoat, 2 or 3 coats
3. Put a top coat on 2 or 3 coats of my chosen colour
4. ???????
Is this right, I have no idea. Any brands would also be good.
Im only 16 so I have little experience of painting boat, I did a 8' dinghy last year but that was more of a large touch up job.
I've got a spray gun but never used it so might fix that up somehow. I have got orbital and belt sanders.
Any advice would be useful, thanks
