Good morning. There is a lot to do today but I thought I'd show you what the
inside of a boat looks like when you're trying to do the outside of the boat. And
stuff is everywhere. Welcome to today's vlog you're joining me on the momentous
day that is the last day of Ewart.
Ewart needed a paint job her paint was beyond tired with lots of deep dashes
(that we inherited). First we need to sand her down. After sanding we applied some
primer-but only in areas that went back to metal mostly because of the scrapes.
Quick question! Is it essential for your bottom to jiggle like that when you sand?
Is it like a dance?
What do you mean?
Show us again.
It's the 'T".
Hang on let me be 'health and safety'.
So you're our witness -say goodbye to the 'T'. goodbye T.
And sadly or excitedly goodbye to the e also. When we purchased Ewart we were
always planning on renaming her but the months and years got away from us.
Plus we aren't that good at making decisions.
In our case the name of the boat was slightly raised from the paintwork not
sanding the name completely would mean it would always show through by a
millimeter or so and that just wasn't the look we wanted.
We knew once she had her top coat on we would never have someone shout out E
wart at a lock to us ever again!
We needed to take out the windows partly for peace of mind to check for rust and
partly because the previous owners had used silicon around the frames. Luckily
they were screwed in so all we had to do was unscrew them then gingerly at first
mindful that dropping a window into a canal is not advisable. Kath pulled the
windows out.
So yesterday we had a really productive day we had a super super busy
day. Today the goal is to get all of the stern sanded properly and to get the
first coat on you might be able to tell from the video that it's a little bit
overcast we're expecting rain at 5:00 but I think
if it's just the undercoat on and and it will be dry
probably by midday then I think we're fine.
There was hardly enough time to tease the cats the side of the boat needed to
be sanded after sanding we needed to give her a very good wipe down.
I went along the length of the boat twice the first time I wiped the loose
paint off with just water and a sponge the second time I used a tiny bit of
detergent then Kath followed after that wiping with white spirits.
Equipment ready. After much YouTube watching we decided painting with a
roller then tipping off with a brush would be
the best option. Windows out again and begin.
It's a bit easier applying today. Yeah. It's not as hot is it.
yeah and can you re-tie this so that it just goes straight from the bow?
Even though this is just the first coat I didn't wanna rush it the weather was
perfect not too hot not too cold Goldilocks weather.
Of course I had supervision for most of the day.
That what you're doing is getting rid of those little water bubbles- especially on the first coat.
To apply the paint I used the roller I covered a small area with
the roller I used a dry brush that I dragged
through the paint this bursts the paint bubbles and would eventually leave a
nicer finish. I am putting it on thicker this time than what I did with the other side.
And I think that's just from watching Ed and also a bit of
experience and because it's not so hot.
It's gonna look a lot better than the other side. Alice Alice has blue all over
her feet now. It actually feels great to sand down the first layer. Do not miss
this step. Sanding the first layer lets you get rid of any paint drips and
create a smoother surface for the next layer. So good morning we are sanding
back layer one seeing what a terrible job I did at painting and then I'm going
to thin out the paint and do the second layer then tomorrow sanding again with
higher grit again and thinning out the paint again and doing the top layer. Sanding
on the old paint the red layer were used an 80 grit for sanding the first blue
layer we used 320 before doing the top coat we sanded with 400 grit.
Yeah much better.
So this is where I started. So it's not as lumpy and then over there is where I
finished. Do you want to just keep the denim boat?
Definitely. The sander is essential kit for us in this paint job however there
are certain spots where we needed to hand sand under the windows for instance.
As with the previous day we then wiped down the boat thoroughly.
Day three inspection for the painting. Yesterday I was so optimistic about how
wonderful a job I had done that I thought I didn't even have a coat. But
upon inspection this morning I have discovered a few unsightly runs. So some
of the things I'm really happy about is the top part of the roof-that's not
getting another coat. I'm really happy with the gunnels and below the gunnels.
I'm not so happy with my vertical facing in tiny tiny bits just tiny bits so
there's a bit here that just when you when the Sun shines on it you can see a
bit of sagging so I'm hoping if we use some 400 grit sandpaper today we're just
going to take off a really light layer and then I'm gonna go over it with some
diluted paint and shine that up but every now and then I look at it and I'm
super happy with it and then I see like little bits. But I'm
not a professional painter. What do you think honey? I think for the first boat
painting experience that we've had that it's looking good there's some good
areas and some areas that I need to sand
So this is a bug.
If you can see that that Kath killed yesterday it was already stuck. It was
stuck and then this is this is a kind of paint join where I've had the paint and
then I had to go refill my bucket and that bits gone a bit not great. And this
is a bit of the sagging that I was telling you about there's a bit you can
see that from the side it's a bit of sagging there as well.
Thank you for watching today's episode next time we complete the final coat of
paint we also tackle Coachlines
!! and decide how to treat the gunnels. If you
have any questions about painting a boat then leave them in the comment box below,
also if you have any tips and you have completed your own boat painting please
share them with us. Thanks.
Are you going to do another coat?
No
Because it's bare in spots! Oh I know.
Oh I only did... I'm remembering now...
I only did half the gunwale yesterday I just remembered I just remembered.
I only did half the gunwale- I ran out of paint and so I thought I'd have a cup of tea!