Day 21, 22, & 23: Blue Sapphire

Day 21

In day 20, we finished the floor, the compartments, and applied the first coat of real paint to the seats and outer walls. We also ordered the ropes, and Mr. Sabatier came over. Today, day 21, we applied the second and last coat of paint to the seats and outer walls. After today, no more paint will be put on the seats and outer walls. This was the last coat!

As always, we started by putting a thin layer of 333 Brushing Liquid over the seats and outer walls using a cheesecloth. We then began painting starting at the back, moving our way up, roll and tipping, roll and tipping.

When we finished painting, the boat looked awesome and shinier than ever! I couldn’t wait to put some color on this thing!

Day 22

We began day 22 by taping up the boat. We applied tape around all the spots that were originally painted pale blue (triangle at front, box at back, and stripe down each side).

We doubled up on the tape, making it wider than regular just in case we messed up. When we finished taping, we began painting. We started with the back box, then to the front triangle and finally to the stripe on the sides. We decided to use a dark blue color, called Sapphire Blue. I think of it as a mixture between Royal Blue and Navy Blue.

The paint was a little bit more difficult to put on for some reason, so we had to constantly go over it, but it was well worth the work! We let it dry for a night, and that sums up day 22. I couldn’t get over how well the BLUE looked on the boat!

Day 23

When the boat was all dry the next day, we took all the tape off the back square and front triangle. We left the tape on the stripe and went over that a second time just to be safe and because it didn’t look as good as the square and triangle up close. While that was drying, I started to take all the tape off the metal stuff around the boat. Painting is finally over!

Next up: clean and reattach hardware. Stay turned.

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