Our Didi 40 Cr topsides painted with Perfection but not perfect. Still very happy with the result
A bit of the starboard side of our Didi 40 Cr after painting today.
For the first time in at least a month we had perfect painting conditions today. The 50:50 undercoat and topcoat mix had cured enough for a light dry sand with 400 grit paper and the surface was wiped down with a tack cloth. The first side was painted when the O rings in the spray gun gave in to the strong solvent and blocked the air flow. This was rather inconvenient as I had already mixed the second batch of paint. When I realised the spray gun was not recoverable I reached for the spare and found that blocked. Fortunately I usually expect the worst and had a brand new back up ready.
Now the new gun worked just fine except that the paint flow was a little greater and I was putting on little more than I had with the old gun. I soon adjusted the number of passes but in the transition from slow gun to fast gun I have a section where the paint is a little thicker than ideal.
Post the painting I recovered the No 2 gun and will give it another clean before putting it back into storage for another ten years while the gun with the dud O rings will have a quick trip to the dump. Memo to self. Don’t leave the gun full of solvent overnight.
After lunch I mixed up the last of the Interprotect epoxy primer for painting the second coat on the underside of the deck in the saloon area. That done I had had enough of wearing gas masks all day and took to the garden.
Now I have been neglecting the garden during my boatbuilding but I need a place to store all the offcuts until we get a bin to take everything away. As my storage place was overgrown with weeds the logical solution was to get out my 35 year old two stroke trimmer and do some power weeding.
On the upside the garden will look neat when I take all the tarpaulins down and remove all the masking tape and plastic off Passion X.
There is still some two pack epoxy to paint in the bilge areas but for the most part the rest of the interior painting will be single pack paint and I have an enormous area ready for undercoating.