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Post by Deleted on Jul 19, 2019 20:14:54 GMT
Sorry to go a bit off topic, but has anyone seen or done a complete chrome/mirror type finish on a narrow boat? I really like the old Airstream caravans from the 50s. I wonder if it would work on a boat? I've made a start... Sorry, but that is visually painful.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 19, 2019 20:18:43 GMT
I take it you mean the roof box ... oh dear oh dear.
Rog
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Post by Jim on Jul 20, 2019 5:46:21 GMT
I've made a start... Sorry, but that is visually painful. Good, job done.
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Post by JohnV on Jul 20, 2019 6:48:53 GMT
Good going Jim. All I’ve got at the moment is the windlass. BTW, has anyone mentioned the aluminium frontage of your boat looks like one of the aliens in Space Invaders? Ha yes, my daughter. The brass portholes were one of the few fixtures from the original Hull. Ignore the teeth suckers and mutterers Jim, I quite like that ali front. It's distinctive, quirky and has an industrial look to it. I have always preferred "workmanlike" looking boats to the over shiny modern narrowboat look. (though I have to agree with Rog about the top box Bleurgh !!!)
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Post by lollygagger on Jul 20, 2019 7:26:29 GMT
4 coats of primer. 2 coats of International Toplac undercoat. 3 coats of International Toplac gloss. Conditions not ideal perhaps but others seem to manage. We rollered on and tipped with a brush. Where the tipping off overlapped the previous tipped off chunk the colour was immediately lighter and still is 24 hours later. It's good and glossy as you can see and difficult to get a photo but hopefully you can see what I'm describing. Our conclusion is that due to the conditions we didn't have enough time to manipulate the paint, it was roller on a stripe not much wider than the small roller and immediately tip off. The lighter stripes are exactly where the tipping off overlapped, not where the paint overlapped, and were immediately visible as the brush travelled over the paint. It can take several weeks for the overlap to disappear, and it should do so. Don't panic yet. Did you thin it a little with white spirit? Indeed. Hard not to panic if you saw it in the flesh though. The weather has put everything on hold for the moment which is probably a good thing as that panel is constantly too wet to even check if it's lying down a bit more! However I keep a close eye on others doing similar and professional guys in the boat shed and haven't seen this before.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 20, 2019 7:27:02 GMT
Nothing wrong with top boxes ... but that one just looks so wrong on a boat, in my view. But I like pots of flowers, so who am I to judge Rog
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Post by Jim on Jul 20, 2019 7:57:37 GMT
Water off a ducks back! Top box is a practical solution to a problem inherent with a smallish boat. Where to put firewood and other large items, big fenders (for mooring) etc. It was cheap and available! As for criticism from someone who never posts pictures of his boat or face, I do wonder why, perhaps both are fugly. Happy to be proved wrong though.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 20, 2019 8:43:00 GMT
Water off a ducks back! Top box is a practical solution to a problem inherent with a smallish boat. Where to put firewood and other large items, big fenders (for mooring) etc. It was cheap and available! As for criticism from someone who never posts pictures of his boat or face, I do wonder why, perhaps both are fugly. Happy to be proved wrong though. All those rivets, you should have just bought a Hudson.
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Post by Jim on Jul 20, 2019 8:53:28 GMT
Water off a ducks back! Top box is a practical solution to a problem inherent with a smallish boat. Where to put firewood and other large items, big fenders (for mooring) etc. It was cheap and available! As for criticism from someone who never posts pictures of his boat or face, I do wonder why, perhaps both are fugly. Happy to be proved wrong though. All those rivets, you should have just bought a Hudson. Rivets? Spillchucker just suggested Rigged Vets. You are both wrong. Try specsavers. Buy a Hudson? Nah, being skilful and talented I built my own.
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Post by lollygagger on Aug 2, 2019 6:45:03 GMT
for me 2 coats of International Toplac undercoat That's what I did, so presumably you'd have done different?
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Post by JohnV on Aug 2, 2019 7:06:25 GMT
for me 2 coats of International Toplac undercoat That's what I did, so presumably you'd have done different? My wheelhouse has about that number of paint layers (9 I believe on yours) ....... which is about right as I have been painting every two or three years for the last 20 knock off the loose slap on the new Actually I was admiring the smooth gloss finish you had achieved (not possible on an ex working boat unless you used about three tons of filler) and I can imagine how pissed off you must have felt by the less than perfect effect. Just really wanted to ask if there was any sign of the "stripes" fading ?
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Post by lollygagger on Aug 2, 2019 7:10:38 GMT
That's what I did, so presumably you'd have done different? My wheelhouse has about that number of paint layers (9 I believe on yours) ....... which is about right as I have been painting every two or three years for the last 20 knock off the loose slap on the new Actually I was admiring the smooth gloss finish you had achieved (not possible on an ex working boat unless you used about three tons of filler) and I can imagine how pissed off you must have felt by the less than perfect effect. Just really wanted to ask if there was any sign of the "stripes" fading ? It is shiney, but far from smooth and still striped. If the weather holds we'll get two undercoats on the next section today and tomorrow. I've just paid eye watering £'s for a better laying off brush so fingers crossed we'll get a better result.
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Post by patty on Aug 4, 2019 17:53:09 GMT
I think it looks wonderful....
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Post by lollygagger on Aug 26, 2019 8:35:45 GMT
I think we've cracked it. I got some Owatrol oil, added the max recommended and despite the unsuitably hot day yesterday (a good test ?) it came out great...but that's the other half of this side so still need do redo the section in the earlier photos.
So there you go, it was all about lack of paint flow. If I were doing it again I'd buy craftmaster paint which I've brush painted tunnel bands with previously with no brush marks. Or maybe the weather was cooler then, I don't remember.
Only one gloss coat so far, I'll post up a piccy when it's complete.
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Post by patty on Aug 26, 2019 15:21:57 GMT
I think we've cracked it. I got some Owatrol oil, added the max recommended and despite the unsuitably hot day yesterday (a good test ?) it came out great...but that's the other half of this side so still need do redo the section in the earlier photos. So there you go, it was all about lack of paint flow. If I were doing it again I'd buy craftmaster paint which I've brush painted tunnel bands with previously with no brush marks. Or maybe the weather was cooler then, I don't remember. Only one gloss coat so far, I'll post up a piccy when it's complete. Hope it sorts ok...
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