PAINTING, AT LEAST IT'S WHITE

DANGA BAY MARINA 01'23N 103'43E

Back in the late 1960's while working as a seasonal lifeguard I had the opportunity to assist in the painting of the California state lifeguard rescue boat "Surf Watch". I learned a lot about painting boats, thanks Mel. The expert painters would come by and say "at least it's yellow". Well now at least it's white or gray as I embark on the painting of Po oino Roa's cabin top and decks. This will all be done by brush and with the new two part polyurathane paints. Hey we live on a fixed income, so it's do-it-yourself.

We have several power sanders aboard and then it was lots of hand sanding to prepare both the deck which would get new non-skid and the cabin top and other deck areas which get gloss.

After sanding a coat of epoxy primer and then more sanding before two finish coats of white.

Lots of masking. We removed winches and other hardware but the handrails had to stay. Working in a boatyard and havinga storage container would make things easier.

The cabin top and edges of the deck are done and better than before. Hey IT'S WHITE!!

We've now masked off the non-skid areas and are ready to paint them. This was a two person job, one to apply the paint and another to roll in the non-skid texture. As each section was completed the tape needed to be pulled off.

The cabin top was first then we moved on to the deck area.

Kathy brushing on and then I would come along with the roller.

This looks good, shiney white and a light gray for the non-skid.

Where the new meets the old. As we work along in sections we're about a quarter of the way done. Before more painting we will finish on the deck delamination repair.

Nothing like another day in paradise!!!!