1959 14' Plywood Boat Restoration
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227 viewsAnother layer of primer went down after the chicken pox above were smoothed over. Then...final color! The paint is a two-part epoxy paint (epifanes polyurethane). The blue wasn't dark enough, so I went with 2 cans of blue and 1 black.
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280 viewsPaulo has really long arms, absolutely no body fat, and a handsome smile. I gave him the pleasure of conveniently reaching the areas I couldn't do as easily. Throughout this entire build, the area he painted was by far the most successful
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249 viewsPainted!!! I love the color...and even better is the changing hull surface from front to back goes from shadow to highlight, so there's a great transition of the colors.
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266 viewsThen...had to get rid of the orange peel. Went aggressive here with 800 grit and a DA sander. In hindsight I would have started higher on the grit, or invested time/money into a better spray booth that was my garage, as it became a bitch to buff out and some of these scratches are still visible if you have a good eye.
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275 viewsFor some reason, the dust of the paint was turquoise...
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238 viewsNote the level of orange peel
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270 viewsAfter the dry 800, went wet 800, wet 1500, and wet 3000. Here's the 1500 in action...
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256 viewsAfter the 3000 there is a slight gloss visible through the dullness...
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249 viewshat felt like a million hours of buffing were needed to bring out the shine. Also took a full quart of heavy cut compound to get it done.
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