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Jon and V Boat Conversions & Modifications
First Boat /project 16ft Aluminum (Starcraft)
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<blockquote data-quote="AZSunDevil" data-source="post: 438945" data-attributes="member: 22381"><p>Painted exterior as planned. Looks good from about 10ft but I should have done some stuff differently because I got a decent amount of orange peel and a rougher than desired finish. Lines from tape and masking came out great so that was a bright spot.</p><p></p><p>Was advised not to use a reducer with the primer. The primer was too thick and went on rough. I decided to paint over it anyway because I was running out of shade. In hindsight should have probably sanded the primer down smoother. Then also the Top coat was a bit orange peel even on my test metal which may have been from also being a bit too thick. Oh well live and learn. Maybe there's a way to improve it by doing a little sanding and polishing? Not sure. The fish won't care anyhow.</p><p></p><p>Also I'm confident we prepped the aluminum correctly for this epoxy primer. I don't think that urethane will be coming off anytime soon! Should hold up tougher than the rustoleum I used on the trailer.</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]93632[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]93631[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]93633[/ATTACH]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="AZSunDevil, post: 438945, member: 22381"] Painted exterior as planned. Looks good from about 10ft but I should have done some stuff differently because I got a decent amount of orange peel and a rougher than desired finish. Lines from tape and masking came out great so that was a bright spot. Was advised not to use a reducer with the primer. The primer was too thick and went on rough. I decided to paint over it anyway because I was running out of shade. In hindsight should have probably sanded the primer down smoother. Then also the Top coat was a bit orange peel even on my test metal which may have been from also being a bit too thick. Oh well live and learn. Maybe there's a way to improve it by doing a little sanding and polishing? Not sure. The fish won't care anyhow. Also I'm confident we prepped the aluminum correctly for this epoxy primer. I don't think that urethane will be coming off anytime soon! Should hold up tougher than the rustoleum I used on the trailer. [ATTACH type="full" alt="20170723_104246.jpg"]93632._xfImport[/ATTACH] [ATTACH type="full" alt="20170723_094155.jpg"]93631._xfImport[/ATTACH] [ATTACH type="full" alt="20170723_104206.jpg"]93633._xfImport[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]
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