Progress with the Commander
Posted: Sat Jul 29, 2017 6:45 pm
Well I thought I would update the project in a different topic.
It finally stopped raining long enough to put a coat of paint on the bottom of the boat. Engine reassembly will resume next week.
As you know I decided on Epifanes polyurethane for the bottom paint, in fact it will be the new finish on the whole boat eventually. A critique of this paint product yielded this opinion; This is a fantastic paint, awesome coverage, awesome gloss. Going beyond those facts I want to say that this product is billed as "sprayed look when rolled and tipped". NOT true! it is a fantastic product but results after rolling and tipping was less than satisfactory. I'm sure that it would look good to Helen Keller and it's not even bad using the "ten foot rule" but my standards are higher! I was led to believe that it looks like gel coat and it's far from that. If you want the surface to look like gel coat I would still recommend this product but it HAS to be sprayed! Tomorrow I will be sanding with 320 and recoating with an HVLP sprayer.
Craig Wilson
It finally stopped raining long enough to put a coat of paint on the bottom of the boat. Engine reassembly will resume next week.
As you know I decided on Epifanes polyurethane for the bottom paint, in fact it will be the new finish on the whole boat eventually. A critique of this paint product yielded this opinion; This is a fantastic paint, awesome coverage, awesome gloss. Going beyond those facts I want to say that this product is billed as "sprayed look when rolled and tipped". NOT true! it is a fantastic product but results after rolling and tipping was less than satisfactory. I'm sure that it would look good to Helen Keller and it's not even bad using the "ten foot rule" but my standards are higher! I was led to believe that it looks like gel coat and it's far from that. If you want the surface to look like gel coat I would still recommend this product but it HAS to be sprayed! Tomorrow I will be sanding with 320 and recoating with an HVLP sprayer.
Craig Wilson