Rudder | 1st Coat of Blue Gloss

While waiting for the white gloss to cure I gave the rudder its first coat of blue gloss.

Here it is, all masked off with top quality tape.

I masked off the upper pivot eye with Blu Tack so it would not get covered in paint. Here it is.

That will make painting around it much easier.

Then I applied blue gloss thinned with 5% Easy Flow conditioner, using just a brush.

This is what it looked like.

Not too bad for a first coat! I pulled the tape and when dry moved the rudder inside to harden. 

Here it is.

The blue gloss is more opaque than the white and flows much more easily. If and when I build another boat, I will not paint it white!