Wednesday, 17 September 2025

All The Rails | Preparing For Gloss

The upper hull had been fully primed and sanded smooth, so it was time to mask off the rails in anticipation of gloss paint. How exciting!

First came the rub rails. I used 3M 244 professional masking tape to mark up the join, overlaid with ordinary paper masking tape to protect any bare wood on the rails. It looked like this.

Next came the toe rails, again masked off with the high quality 3M tape with ordinary tape protecting bare wood. Like this.


Lastly came the companionway hood grab rail, masked off in the same way. Here it is


A small step but it means we are now genuinely contemplating the application of gloss paint, which is amazing!


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