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Finally, the painting stage arrived. I chose Signature Paint (www.signaturefinish.com) for this project in matching Mako color for my 87 254. Tom at Signature was very helpful. Sent everything he thought I'd need to do the job. As it turns out, he sent some stuff I really didn't need but that's okay. He was thorough and prompt so I tossed him a bone.
The items I did not
need btw were the mini rollers and replacement covers, the roller frames and the
scrubby pads. I already had the scrubby pads and the 3 in roller frames. Didn't
even need the mini roller parts.
First thing I did was tape off around the rubrail, waterline, console and any
hardware that was left on the deck. In my case, this amounted to the front cleat
and chocks, the fuel fill/vent, the gunnel cleats at midship and the steering
wheel. I also taped around my registration and spl stickers.
I mixed the paint according to their "8-2-4" schedule. That's 8 parts paint, 2 parts catalyst and 4 parts flow agent. My "parts" in this instance were ounces. I was stunned at how far this paint will spread. I did the hull sides, all smooth surfaces on the inside, the console and all hatches in their entirety and used right at a pint and a half of paint (before catalyst and flow agent). I applied with a foam roller and just kept backrolling and maintaining a wet edge before dipping back into the paint supply. It goes a long, long way to say the least!
Here she is after the first coat...
As you can tell, it didn't provide full coverage on any unprimed areas such as the transom and the aft rod holder repair areas but I really didn't expect it to. I'd like to say that I left those areas unprimed as an experiment but the fact is I was just lazy.
