Bigg J

Hey guys, bout to paint my boat and was wondering other than sanding, what other kind of prepping do I need to do.

X-Shark

Have you washed the boat well 1st with a grease cutting dishwashing liquid soap?





Have you cleaned the surface before you sanded it with Wax & Grease Remover using the 2 rag method?

Bigg J

Not yet. Whats the two rag method

Deeplines

What Bobby said, 2nd, what kinda paint?

LET ME TELL YOU!! USE AWLGRIP. You can go with the cheaper paint as I did but you will work 3X's as hard.

PREP IT RIGHT THE 1st TIME AND USE AWLGRIP.

X-Shark

It is standard practice for cleaning the surface of auto's or boats.



It is easier done with 2 people. Using a wax & grease Remover, available at any auto body paint supply shop.



You wet a rag and wipe a small area of the surface aprox 3ft X 3ft. Before it evaporates you dry it with another dry rag. If it evaporates, you wet it again and dry. Change the rags often.



What this does is lift any wax or Grease to the surface and is taken away with the dry rag.



I personally do this before sanding, after sanding and after the primer is sanded before paint goes on.



It will stop you from having to deal with "Fisheyes" in the paint. Fisheyes are a crater.



Once the surface is clean. Go over the whole boat with a pencil. NOT A PEN or SHARPIE! It's best to have several sets of eyes looking at the boat to do this. Circle any blems or nicks.



Have a pencil in your pocket as you go to sand the boat. As you come to the area where you have a circle. Sand that area and recircle it.

If you don't you will not find many after the surface is sanded. Once all sanded and circled again, wash the dust off and you can fill those blems & nicks. Then you can fair the surface by hand blocking it.



Yep, I know. You will have 40 more questions.



Spend some time on http://www.classicmako.com/forum/. There are more boats being cut apart at any one time than on any other website on the net. The info is all there, as I and others have written it.











In Primer. Awlgrip 545











Guide coat for block sanding the hull.











Awlgrip Oyster White

























About pix's on a forum. I have said this before. They can hide flaws or not do the job justice. In this case they don't do the job justice.

Bigg J

Sweet man. Apreciate it.

Bigg J

Hey X-Shark, should I paint with asprayer or brush and roll it.

X-Shark

Depends if you want it to pass the 6in test or not?

Bigg J

I'm assuming the6" test would pass with the sprayed

X-Shark

Yep.