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Day 13: The 1st step to the Final Phase

The FINAL PHASE begins! The FINAL STEP to the hull restoration begins TODAY!!

In days 11 & 12, I applied both coats of primer to the boat. And today, I will apply both coats of actual PAINT! The paint we used was white. Boring I know, but don’t fret! I promise the end result will be great.

We started off (my dad and me) by watching a couple of YouTube videos on how to paint a boat, the best way etc. We figured out the best way to do it was something called ROLL & TIP, a “strategy” of how to paint saying you should take your paint roller, paint a small section with that doing it up and down. Then, when you are finished with that small section, take a paint brush and go horizontal over what you just did but only using the tip. Do not go back and forward – only go one way, one line. You can probably find a better definition of this if you search ROLL & TIP painting method.

Before we could do any roll & tipping, we, of course, had to sand, clean it, etc. While we were cleaning it, my dad and I soon realized that the bugs are/were attracted to white paint, and with the boat being left outside, the bugs were all over it! So, the cleaning was extremely necessary. We did a very brief sanding and began.

My brother Latham wanted to give us a hand with the vacuuming!

One thing I forgot to mention was that the Roll & Tip method is a 3-person job. One person paints with a roller, one person tips, and one person holds the paint and keeps the thing running. You don’t have to have three people, you could definitely do it by yourself, but it’s just way easier with multiple people. My dad ended up rolling, my mom ending up supplying the paint and going over spots my dad and I missed with another paintbrush, and I tipped.

My mom and I Roll & Tipped. (I know I said I tipped but we all switched jobs so my dad could take a photo)

All was going good and continued to. We finished the first coat of paint and it was shinier than ever.

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