1965 Alcort Sunfish WAVE 02 Jan 21 Brushing On Paint

 02 Jan 21:

I roll and tip everything, but end up putting too much paint down. Skipper did the painting today, thinned the TotalBoat WetEdge how she likes it, skipped the roller and the coating looks great. Thinned with TB Brushing Thinner, 2 caps into 1/3 quart. She started off with about 1/3 quart of the paint in a paint cup and added 2 capfuls of TotalBoat Brushing Thinner, thinned to where the paint ran steady off of a paint stick before it changed over to drops.

Used a Blue Hawk sash brush for oil paints, we like the softer bristles, tip shape, small handle and price.

Skipper applying the second coat of TotalBoat WetEdge Blue Glo White to her 1965 Alcort Sunfish WAVE. After painting 3-4 feet she wanted the paint a bit thinner, so she added another half cap of thinner to the cup, which had about 1/4 quart of paint in it at that point. Once she had the first few feet of paint laid down she switched direction of the brush strokes, started the stroke on the dry hull and drew the paint back over the wet edge to avoid brush tip marks in the section that was drying, lifting the brush at the end of the stroke to get a feather edge.

Skipper learned from her Dad Capn Jack, several thin coats better than a flood coat, the paint dries better and has a chance to level before it tacks up. They have been painting boats since the late 1960s, and she mentioned that they usually just painted right out of the can, but today I had already poured some paint into a cup.

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