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Painting the Hull.
The complete hull has had a coat of grey primer which revealed some minor imperfections and these were fixed before a second coat was sprayed and then flatted. After roughly masking off the hull sides the first of two coats of Halfords red …
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Re: Hull finished less painting and details
I glassed the hull already a couple of posts ago and it’s had 2 coats of thinned resin since. It’s certainly solid, and definitely waterproof! I was speaking with Rob who is doing the other build blog and he also glass cloths his deck and c …
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Hull preparation and painting
I've been working on the hull for the last couple of weeks. Considering how rough it was, it came out ok. Leaks, holes and strength issues were already taken care of from the inside with fiberglass and resin, so glass work on the outside wa …
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Ready for Hull and Deck Painting..
Decking and hatches completed - hull faired and primed and faired again....ready for all over primer...…. RC components located..... put a twin "O" ring seal on top of the rudder post to hopefully limit any water ingress..... Now to get dow …
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Re: Chine strakes and hull painting
… ing process does take time if the finish isn't 'baked' in a paint shop spray booth/oven. Curiously the red anti fouling on mine was finished with a satin lacquer and didn't suffer from any such problems and the hull sits on some neoprene pa …
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Chine strakes and hull painting
… e were steamed, bent to shape and left to dry. The original hull painting (humbrol enamel) was rubbed down and the new strakes fitted with epoxy and brass pins. I hope they will hold on the old paint surface. The gunwale strakes were also r …
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Re: Painting the hull – Part 2. The hull colour
… hanks for following my blog Yes, I'm quite pleased with the paint finish myself, although things didn't go so well after I applied the'Trimline Tape' for the waterline and lacquered the hull ....more on that in a later update. Cheers. Robbo …
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Hull Paint job complete
So.... Patience is not one of my strong points and paint spraying is definately not. I don't have the facilities or the right equipment to create a first class excellent paint job, so this part of the build was always going to be a challeng …
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Painting the hull
The hull was painted with aerosol car paint from Halfords , satin black for above the water line. Red above the water line. white for rubbing belt.
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Painting the hull – Part 2. The hull colour
Time to make a decision on what colour the hull should be… The instructions say ‘Navy Blue’ but that just doesn’t look right, just too light. In the ‘photos of the splendid model in the National Maritime museum the hull appears to be black …
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Painting the hull – Part 1 primer & anti fouling.
There’s no putting it off any longer, I need to start painting the hull before I do any more on the boat so the hull was given a final rub down with a fine abrasive and then the deck and gunwales carefully masked off. I used some panel wipe …
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Hull painted and Paddle Wheels done
thus far put the rudder on, painted the bottom part of the Hull red and put together the Paddle Wheels
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Spray painting hulls.
Hi guys, I spray my hulls using various systems. I have an industrial 120 litre 3hp compressor, with devilbiss spray guns which are for larger areas. I also have Badger air brushes and compressor with 2litre tank for the smaller hulls and d …
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Painted Hull!
I painted the bottom half of the hull! Will paint the top half tomorrow. Weather permitting!
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Hull ready to paint!
… stained, some deck detail added (most detailing will follow painting and varnishing). Hull has had a good sanding with wet n dry and has had the grey primer added. Have also given the bottom of the hull a coat of red oxide primer. Following …
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Hull painting and trimline
After over 24 hours of paint and laquer setting time, have this morning before bed (on nights) added the white trim line and RNLI flags. As I said in a previous post, adding a thin white line between top red and blue is not seen on the real …
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stripping hull for repair and repaint
… e acquired an old 34" RAF Crash Tender with a wooden (ply?) hull, which has 2 smallish leaks. I want to fix these and give it a repaint. To strip the old paint off do I have to use elbow grease alone or can I start with some sort of mild pa …
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stripping hull for repair and repaint
… e, I applied my Black and Decker mouse detail sander to the hull, using only the weight of the sander. Turns out it has been epoxy coated, I have removed sufficient paint to see what is underneath it and there are 2 small areas where the wo …
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stripping hull for repair and repaint
If it's old chances are it has oil based paints and will need lots of elbow grease, paint strippers and if it's anything like my Sea Queen some careful use of a hot air stripper to get the final residue out of the wood. I did start with Fla …
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Hull Painting
First finishing paint going on hull.
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hull paint
Hey Guys, I've sanded my plank on frame hull of a Coast Guard life boat build. This is my first build. I want to the hull to simulate a steel hull so it needs to be smooth a blemish free. Color aside, what are my steps and what type paints …
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Hull painted
Hull painted, now awaiting it to harden before adding white stripe on water line
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… iation.com/freeflightmaterials. You can apply direct to the hull and remove excess with a plastic scraper. Your hull looks very similar to the hulls we built for the Titanic and Olympic. We added a black tint to the epoxy to save on paint c …
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hull paint
… and laminating resin which can be applied sparingly to the hull to provide an impervious surface that can be sanded smooth and takes paints easily. It is also beneficial to apply to the inside of the hull to protect against any water ingre …
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Painting the Hull
… her for a couple of weeks I have now completed stage one of painting the hull I am taking it carefully because I have used Gloss Black Humbrol enamel on top of the rattle can filler primer & I shall be using rattle can metallic on the hull …
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HULL PAINTING
Now that all the necessary holes through the hull have been done and made sure they are in the correct places, its time to start painting the hull. I prefer to now remove the earlier "test fitted" items, props, rudders etc and get the main …
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Painting the hull
After leaving the hull in primer for 4 days, sufficient time to allow the thinners in the material to evaporate. time to put the top coats on. I first masked off the upper hull and painted the white lower section using aerosols [halfords ap …
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Windows fitted to Hull & painted
… now picked up again and we have attached the windows to the hull sides. The top decks "A" and "Boat Deck" have had the cabins fitted using the Waterjet cut sides. Castings are now finished and painting well advanced Bill and Dave