Post by crowhedger on Oct 9, 2009 13:54:21 GMT
I thought it would be good to share with you a couple of things i have learned about painting as i come from a narrow boating background.
Four years ago i did a full repaint on my 55ft home "Eve of Spring".
Unfortunately the repaint took place in the fullest depths of winter in a covered wet dock on and around my birthday!
The reason i am telling you all about this is a tip that a good friend of mine "Steve the brush" gave me. He has been a boat painter for about 17 years and advised me to not bother with brushing the boat enamel on but instead to use a roller and then flat it off with a top quality brush, i used a "purdy".
Now i know for a fact that you have gleaned this much from a previous thread on this site but depending on the different seasons and weather conditions there can be problems with the paint skinning up before flatting off with the brush.
His solution was to use a paint additive which he said should be mixed in 5% of the volume.
The other thing i wanted to share was that like i said the boat was a Jan/Feb repaint in a covered dock. The thing was all the diesel heaters that would normally be in service at that time of the year broke down so the job was done in the cold (Burg!) but the by product was that th paint didn't "bloom" between coats.
When heating is used the gas or diesel produces moisture that effects the finish.
Hope this information is useful to some of you out there.
Good luck,
Crow Hedger
Four years ago i did a full repaint on my 55ft home "Eve of Spring".
Unfortunately the repaint took place in the fullest depths of winter in a covered wet dock on and around my birthday!
The reason i am telling you all about this is a tip that a good friend of mine "Steve the brush" gave me. He has been a boat painter for about 17 years and advised me to not bother with brushing the boat enamel on but instead to use a roller and then flat it off with a top quality brush, i used a "purdy".
Now i know for a fact that you have gleaned this much from a previous thread on this site but depending on the different seasons and weather conditions there can be problems with the paint skinning up before flatting off with the brush.
His solution was to use a paint additive which he said should be mixed in 5% of the volume.
The other thing i wanted to share was that like i said the boat was a Jan/Feb repaint in a covered dock. The thing was all the diesel heaters that would normally be in service at that time of the year broke down so the job was done in the cold (Burg!) but the by product was that th paint didn't "bloom" between coats.
When heating is used the gas or diesel produces moisture that effects the finish.
Hope this information is useful to some of you out there.
Good luck,
Crow Hedger