paint, roll/tip or spray?

[silveraire]

that is the question. to spray, all I would have to do is buy a gun, have everything else I need. Have no experience with either way of painting. Just looking for a best way for a novice to paint a boat. Any opinions?

chad

 

[fmjnax]

Re: paint, roll/tip or spray?

I vote for spray. This may be a personal preference, though. I have done both on my project in progress and I had no experience really in either application. Spraying ended up providing the better finish and was the easier/quicker method for me.

 

[JDA1975]

Re: paint, roll/tip or spray?

I would say spray, unless you, like me, do not have a place to work that you can risk over-spray. I used the roll/tip method, successfully, and would do it again, but spraying is faster.

 

[tommays]

Re: paint, roll/tip or spray?

It depends on many things

It depends on how big the boat is 16' VS 30'

It depends on what paint your using as a one part has some safety concerns while a two part has huge safety issues when sprayed

It depends on your ability to supply a LOT of clean air to the spray gun

No matter which way you go mistakes will be made and you will learn to live with them or do twice

Having done both ways i will stick with roll & tip for two part paint

 

[silveraire]

Re: paint, roll/tip or spray?

the boat is a 19ft duel console outboard. Havn't decided on paint yet. Was waiting to see how I applied it first before that decision was made. As far as air is concerned, I have a 30 gallon compressor that puts out 5.5 SCFM @ 90 PSI, and have a 80 gallon compressor at my disposal at my dads shop if my compressor is not good enough. As far as space, I have a heated shop at my disposal that's not afraid to get dirty, so thats not a prob.

chad

 

[tommays]

Re: paint, roll/tip or spray?

How the shop is heated is kind of a big safety deal with spraying

 

[silveraire]

Re: paint, roll/tip or spray?

didn't think about that. Its a recycled oil burner forced air. Has an exposed heating element thats gets air forced over it. Not shure if a red hot heating element is bad or not.

chad

 

[NSBCraig]

Re: paint, roll/tip or spray?

I'd roll it. It's a small boat so I don't think I'd bother spraying.

 

[Jon Sob]

Re: paint, roll/tip or spray?

I rolled mine with help from Woodonglass page 10 of the "Flamingo" thread.

 

[NSBCraig]

Re: paint, roll/tip or spray?

Man I don't know if it was just the perfect weather but yesterday I rolled a 25' sportcraft with a hardtop using Petit easypoxy instead of the interlux brightsides I'm using on my boat and it worked great!