Finally making some serious headway on my boat. I was doing really well last time I checked in but then we had record pollen so all painting had to stop. And I had to finish painting the deck before I put hardware on the deck. I have been extremely lucky here with the weather because we haven't had any rain for about 2 weeks.
The deck is completely painted plus almost all of the nonskid is painted with kiwigrip. Only the cockpit sole is not painted. 1 gallon wasn't quite enough to do my boat. I got another quart to finish it up and for touching up the rest. I highly recommend this paint for nonskid. It does have some downfalls. It will splatter when you roll it. It is extremely sensitive to heat and humidity when it comes to drying. You have to immediately pull the tape lines as soon as you're done painting a section and even if you're quick you may still pull some edges up and need to redo. It's pretty easy to get "holidays" in the paint and they may not show up until the bubbles have popped and the paint has dried. Even if you're consistent with your application sections will end up looking slightly different sometimes.
The topsides need one more coat of paint then the bootstripe and accent can be painted
I've added most of the deck hardware. All holes have been drilled and are ready for the rest. I'm using butyl rubber for installation. So much better than caulk. I still need to install the 4 stanchions and bow pulpit. I made backing plates for the stanchions out of aluminum plate cut on a handsaw. I was able to reuse the backing plates for the pulpit. The were extremely warped so I soaked them in acetone overnight. Then sandwiched them between 2 boards in a clamp until dry. Then I saturated them with epoxy and put more fiberglass on each side then painted. If they don't hold up I'll just have to cut more out of the aluminum.
The wiring is in place. I held it in place with hotglue. That gives you about 12-24 hours to get the hull liner in place before it comes back down. Don't ask me how I know. I have about 75% of the hull liner up. It was really an intimidating job but really pretty easy. I used indoor/outdoor carpet glue to put it in place. You're supposed to spread it out with a notched trowel, but I used a paint brush to spread an even coat on the hull.
Things left to do before going in the water. Replace all bulkheads. Finding marine plywood is extremely tough, even in Charleston, SC. Paint topsides. Install rubrail. Install rest of hardware. Install rest of liner. Finalize electrical. I'm sure I'll find a few other things as well.
The deck is completely painted plus almost all of the nonskid is painted with kiwigrip. Only the cockpit sole is not painted. 1 gallon wasn't quite enough to do my boat. I got another quart to finish it up and for touching up the rest. I highly recommend this paint for nonskid. It does have some downfalls. It will splatter when you roll it. It is extremely sensitive to heat and humidity when it comes to drying. You have to immediately pull the tape lines as soon as you're done painting a section and even if you're quick you may still pull some edges up and need to redo. It's pretty easy to get "holidays" in the paint and they may not show up until the bubbles have popped and the paint has dried. Even if you're consistent with your application sections will end up looking slightly different sometimes.
The topsides need one more coat of paint then the bootstripe and accent can be painted
I've added most of the deck hardware. All holes have been drilled and are ready for the rest. I'm using butyl rubber for installation. So much better than caulk. I still need to install the 4 stanchions and bow pulpit. I made backing plates for the stanchions out of aluminum plate cut on a handsaw. I was able to reuse the backing plates for the pulpit. The were extremely warped so I soaked them in acetone overnight. Then sandwiched them between 2 boards in a clamp until dry. Then I saturated them with epoxy and put more fiberglass on each side then painted. If they don't hold up I'll just have to cut more out of the aluminum.
The wiring is in place. I held it in place with hotglue. That gives you about 12-24 hours to get the hull liner in place before it comes back down. Don't ask me how I know. I have about 75% of the hull liner up. It was really an intimidating job but really pretty easy. I used indoor/outdoor carpet glue to put it in place. You're supposed to spread it out with a notched trowel, but I used a paint brush to spread an even coat on the hull.
Things left to do before going in the water. Replace all bulkheads. Finding marine plywood is extremely tough, even in Charleston, SC. Paint topsides. Install rubrail. Install rest of hardware. Install rest of liner. Finalize electrical. I'm sure I'll find a few other things as well.
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