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Hull now painted
So Emily helped me spray the hull and I like the colours that she suggested! Name and registration boards will be added later..
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Spray painting hulls.
… and used that with epoxy. Slarred the epoxy on the mahogany hull (made from old chair legs my Grandad had made a dining suite with) and then laid the J-cloth on the tacky epoxy and slarred more on with an old credit card. All my credit card …
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Spray painting hulls.
… whilst on brain numbing pain killers, my personal favourite paint was always cellulose. Although recently have been experimenting with thinned down Gel Coat, sprayed over extra fine glass cloth. Will let you all know when I get it right. Ch …
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Spray painting hulls.
… gun. I could use a bigger spray gun, but I'm too tight with paint wastage. it's silly expensive stuff. Having said all that i just primed my sailing model of Vanity with a brush. Went on a treat, but the final gloss coat of good old British …
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Hull painting started
Have given the hull a few coats of hull red (Halfords red primer is close enough!). Have also added the red trim line at the top of the hull, most of which will disapear once the black rubbing strake is in place and its been masked off for …
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stripping hull for repair and repaint
… ould be solid and watertight. I am attaching some pics of a hull I acquired for the 48" Crash Tender in a part (badly) built state. The last pic is of my Sea Queen hull after stripping for comparison. You can clearly see how the gunge can g …
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hull paint
… ubbed down and re-coated, then it'll be sprayed with enamel paint, using a touch-up gun and HMG enamel paint. I will not use acrylic for anything. On a new build, I have used cellulose sanding sealer to fill grain thoroughly (up to 10 coats …
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Painting the Hull
… You will need a good tape to protect the edge of the enamel paint from the metallic spray. I assume you have tested this with the filler primer undercoat? I have found the Frog type (green) masking tape to be very good (if pricey). Hope it …
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HULL PAINTING
The weather is not Important, I prefer to paint and dry the, er "more Important paint jobs" in a controlled atmosphere. So this I painted in my utility room. I first switched a heater on for half an hour, to"pre warm" the room, then switche …
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HULL PAINTING
Nice looking paint job. Bet you wish the weather was a bit warmer to help the drying off.
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Painting almost complete
Filling, sanding and painting has taken quite a long time! After two coats of sanding sealer, two coats of primer / undercoat applied by brush I then sprayed two coats of white. So far I've applied one coat of blue to the hull below the wat …
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Painting
Here's some snaps after the hull has been painted. Still need to add the wear plates for the rowlocks. Have made a start on the removable fin keel. When this is completed I'll add the RC equipment and spars etc, before doing a float test in …
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Re: New planing hull design.
… wing the comparison between my Swordsman 33 and Huntsman 31 hulls. The Swordsman is only 50mm longer but has a wider beam and almost parallel sides. The model is much bigger and heavier which is evident when just moving them around whilst I …
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Re: New planing hull design.
… ilds from the drawing or kit. You know what, looking at the hull whilst painting it I wouldn't be surprised if it did need some ballast! Though it it only sits a bit high I won't bother. As we know for it's length of 33" (838mm) it has a wi …
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Re: New planing hull design.
… f my models) you really shouldn't have any problem with the hull supporting the weight of the superstructure, 2 motors, battery, RC installation, prop shaft and rudder etc. As I said before, a planing hull is very buoyant unlike a long narr …
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Epxoy over acrylic paint
… was wondering if I'd need to clear coat with epoxy after I paint it in acrylic rattle can (GRP Hull), just looking for a durable finish.
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Final Paint Finishes
Hi, when using the Halford acrylic colour paint it needs the satin or gloss spray to harden it. When all painting finished as far as the hull goes I use good quality furniture polish to give an additional layer of protection and the water s …
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Re: Painting
Managed to get the hull paint sorted so is it now a good idea to give the whole thing a coat of some kind of varnish??
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wave master hull improvements
… back the keel now I hope far enough its the strakes on the hull to do next I have them on apt boat at that turns really well then can see about water proofing the wood and on with the painting
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Painting
Just about finished build and come to hull painting. I must have done something wrong here. I stupidly painted the raw wood with a Tamya spray. It looked all right but when I added a second, and third and fourth coat, sanding in between, ev …
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Re: Hull and deck paint, prop installed and a ##&&!! virus!
Years ago I saw a gloss black toilet at Home Depot. I told my wife I wanted to install one in our master bathroom then rig it up to play "The Imperial March" from Star Wars when one sat down. Darth Vaders toilet!! Teresa nixed the idea..... …
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Re: Hull and deck paint, prop installed and a ##&&!! virus!
I got a respiratory infection. No flu, fever, nothing. had what felt like a bit of bad allergies and then I got torpedoed Friday night. On the mend now.
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Re: Hull and deck paint, prop installed and a ##&&!! virus!
Nice pics. Did u get the Nuro virus? It gastro intestinal. Basically from shit. In resturants it’s usually on plate or utensils. An employee got it on hands n transmits it. Hand washing not the covid alcohol stuff works. Soap n water washin …
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More resin for the hull.
Now that the spray rails are fitted, I can give the entire hull another coat of resin to build up a good surface for the paint process. As with the application of the glassfibre cloth I do this separately for each ‘face’ of the hull to ensu …
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I Hate Painting!
… f the Faun I'm working on. I use good quality International Paints enamel and primer-undercoat and brushes. Couple of coats of primer-undercoat followed by a couple of coats of enamel and all well so far. Followed by what I was hoping to be …
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I Hate Painting!
Looks like I'm not the only one suffering grief from painting then. Some folks can get beautiful hand-painted finishes. I suppose that unless you go to the lengths that some do, like enclosures with air extraction, it's always going to be a …
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I Hate Painting!
I was having problems where varnish meets paint on the hull, as the varnish does not like paint over it, & the paint won't dry with varnish over it. Basically after 2 coats of varnish and 2 coats of paint done over a week, I had a perfect f …
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I Hate Painting!
… wood had dried out so much, there are lots of splits in the hull. So after methodically rubbing it back to bare wood, sorting it out, I am going through the exact problems with painting. Thank you for making me no longer feel alone in this …