Thread: Painting Laws for first-timers

6 not enough hardener added (2 pack)
7 forgot to sand the epoxy before undercoat
8 didn't sand the under coat before topcoat applied
9 paint too thick in spray gun (orange peel)

10 paint too thin ( mass runs)

11 just finished final coat and tropical down pour

Always wait until your neighbor comes how with his new Lexus, before firing up the spray gun . . .

13. Hundreds of small black insects will die in the painting of this boat, and I don't regret a single one. No bad karma involved - they committed suicide just to annoy me.

14. Unless you're painting in an airtight dustless vacuum, with perfect relative humidity and temperature, and have just finished waxing off every hair on your body, and are painting in the nude, you're underprepared.

15. In line with 14, unless you've spent the GDP of a small African nation in terms of time and materials on sandpaper, filler, primer, filler, sandpaper, undercoat, sandpaper, filler, undercoat, filler, undercoat, , filler, sandpaper, filler, sandpaper, undercoat, OH GOD A TOPCOAT - ad nauseum, You've underprepared.

16. Clean, decent quality brushes are a godsend. Take care of them.

17. Synthetic brushes for 2-pack polyurethanes occasionally decide to melt from solvent incompatibility mid-job, just to be nice.

Originally Posted by Asrainox

. . . 14. Unless you're painting in an airtight dustless vacuum, with perfect relative humidity and temperature, and have just finished waxing off every hair on your body, and are painting in the nude, you're underprepared . . .

Look no one is supposed to know about the fresh waxing thing. It was to be between us, remember . . .

I always knew that boat builders were KINKY , OOPS I'M A BOAT BUILDER

18.

After mixing 2 pack into spray gun. All normal weather patterns change instantly.

Paul.
Another old boat builder.

19. when doing final inspection leave your spectacles on the work bench and the finish will look a million dollars.
Ian L

Always ask your other half to select the colors, because instinctively the Y chromosome will react with environmental and personal issues, to place two of the most incompatible hues, next to each other.

Preparation is the key! Preparation, preparation, preparation. You can never have too much preparation, but if you do then you're procrastinating... get on with it!

Edit: The better your preparation, the more likely you are to have runs, drips or plagues of small insects.

2nd Edit: The better the final job, the more likely you are to bash it against the workshop as you roll her out the first time.

3rd Edit: The likelihood of your youngest child continuing sailing is inversely proportional to the care you put into building his first dinghy