Nice short one here but basically I’ve put two coats on everything except the non-skid (which I am doing with Kiwi-Grip) and one lazarette lid (which has one coat on it).
I’m getting there! And Gudge looks pretty spick and span. I couldn’t have got this far without some amazing friends pitching in, so thanks to Emile for helping with the initial clean, Phil for free-diving(!) and retrieving my anchor, Jenn for helping me take stuff off the deck and tape (and oh my god taping takes forever) and Emma who gave up an ENTIRE WEEKEND to help me paint.
For the main paint job we used the roll and tip method, and it’s really a lot easier than I thought and gives great results.
Here is a little teaser (in this one I hadn’t done the lazarette lids yet)
This one shows the little patch of non-skid I did as a test
Hoping to finish off everything by the end of next week!
Looks good! I will be interested in a review of the Kiwi Grip under wet sailing conditions.
Thanks Bruce! I’m nearly there – hoping I can get a couple of nice days to finish
@Bruce, I have a review of KiwiGrip here: https://svviolethour.com/2017/03/13/choosing-a-non-skid-paint/
But I’d also be interested in Matt’s experience after a few months with it. It looks like he might have done the grey color, which might not show/hold dirt as tenaciously.
I remember reading about your experiences and it gave me pause. I eventually ended up going with it anyway as ease-of-use trumped most of the other reservations I had.
And yes, I went with grey – did you use cream?
Nice! Now need to get busy on mine!
Thanks John!