FS14- Bayou City Boat

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Re: FS14- Bayou City Boat

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Why the :( face OQ you almost have it and unless you have runs or other big anomalies no more sanding just rubbing compound if you even need that. I will leave that up to you a lot depends on the paint you used. Tom
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TomW1 wrote: Tue Sep 20, 2022 11:11 pm Why the :( face OQ you almost have it and unless you have runs or other big anomalies no more sanding just rubbing compound if you even need that. I will leave that up to you a lot depends on the paint you used. Tom
One more coat is needed, and even though some may enjoy sweating so much you can't see the hull due to a stream of sweat pouring off the forehead and can't wear gloves due to sweat pouring out of them and risk a stream hitting the paint. And at the same time, you are trying to wipe sweat from your face with a CLEAN paper towel you have to keep rolling and tipping on a disappearing wet edge that anything more than 24" and you lose that edge. Stop to wipe your face and the wet edge starts to get tacky. Then you notice a few bugs are looking for a nice white surface to land on.

The paint is from the recycle center that I was able to pick up 2 gallons of purple latex interior house paint for $2.00. Only had a few lumps in it. Even though it is more expensive than I normally use I figured I should use the best. Since the paint is what makes for a good finish and not the method.
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Re: FS14- Bayou City Boat

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Well, enough drying for a 4th coat.
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Keep in mind it is semi-gloss and still needs a very light sanding and some compounding. But I am happy to this point. As long as it all stays on.
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Re: FS14- Bayou City Boat

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Looks good OQ!!! Nice work!!! Jeff

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Jeff wrote: Wed Sep 21, 2022 6:04 pm Looks good OQ!!! Nice work!!! Jeff
Thanks Jeff.

It has been a long road to get her this far and that road had a lot of potholes! :lol:

Now for the harder part, the top side.
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Almost there OQ!!!! Jeff

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Re: FS14- Bayou City Boat

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Nice!
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Looks great!!
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Re: FS14- Bayou City Boat

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Thanks guys! I had a few beers (3) last night to celebrate getting the boat to this point.

Today I will spend the morning getting her flipped back over and on her trailer. So happy I can finally start to mount things to her, to stay!

EDIT: I will add one thing. I spent a lot more money on paint brushes and roller sleeves to get the very best finish I could get with my budget. My last coat I ran out of the sleeves and brushes for lack of enough thinner. So, I used my 1/4 nap 6" rollers that I am stocked up on and a cheap foam brush that is fairly soft for tipping. I could not believe I got the same, if not a little better, results with the cheaper stuff. Still need to lite sand bugs and lint from the finish but the end results are the same. Some of you may get a lot better results with deeper pockets but for a poor man this method worked great.
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Re: FS14- Bayou City Boat

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Nice steady progress. :D
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