I'm at the hull painting stage. I've primed and will sand and sand and ... then paint with an epiphane paint. When I applied the primer I could not keep a "wet" line so there are spots that are a bit bumpy. It doesn't matter for primer but in the real paint it will be a flaw. In what order did you guys paint? Or did you get 5 people painting at once. Also what did you use to apply the paint. I'm currently using foam brushes but I'm listening if anyone has a better idea.
Christine

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Hey your boat is looking nice. I used foam brushes and applied very thin coats. With the first coat and maybe the second I could still see the primer through it.

Also the flaws will be visible to your eyes only.

greg.

Hi Christine ~ Good to see how quickly you are progressing with your build!
I did the same as Greg; used thin coats and foam brushes. You might want to thin out the first coat of paint to make it flow easier and dry a bit more slowly. I just kept a wet edge, and I only painted AFLAC's sole. No problems here with humidity oftentimes in the teens to twenties.
Good luck, and go for it!!
Kyle

Looking good!

I used a foam roller tipped out with a foam brush, and would agree with the above suggestions for thin coats. I think the roller can get the paint down faster. I haven't tried epiphanes paint, but Kirby's oil enamel seems pretty forgiving.

I also used a yellow foam roller, and tipped it out with foam brush. I used Interlux brightsides, and thinned it about 10%. Thin coats, roll a small section in a cross-hatch pattern -- up and down, then back and forth (WITHOUT reloading the roller with more paint between switching directions!) then stop painting every couple feet or so to go back and tip it out (dry foam brush, moving from dry to wet).

I also wetsanded very lightly between coats with 400 grit -- knocking the gloss off made it much easier to see what I was doing with the next coat.

The primer does have a different "feel" ...so don't worry too much...your experience of applying primer is not a direct predictor of how the top coat will go.

Julie's theology of boatbuilding: All slight imprefections ("character marks") that are inherent in the process of construction and finishing exist in order to ease one's angst about scratching up the boat when it gets used.

Congratulations!

Julie K.
"Sanctuary"