Topsides | Applying Primer!

At last the day came to apply primer to the upper half of the boat. It had been so long since I did this that I had forgotten how to do it, so I just opened a tin of paint and rolled it on to the cockpit and forward decks. Just to see what happened.

As expected the first coat was very patchy. This is the cockpit deck, seatbacks and rear cabin wall.

And this is the forward deck.

I immediately remembered that the primer needs to be thinned for it to flow and cover effectively, so I stopped painting when the paint ran out and looked up how to thin it on my blog.

It turns out that 10 per cent thinners are required, so that is what we will do tomorrow when painting will recommence.