Continued from Post 57…
This week it was time to paint the Disko. I debated about what kind of paint to use as I would be painting it inside the house; it is too cold outside now. I thought about using latex, but from what I gathered on reading the latex would require more coats and would not be as durable as oil paint…. a quick e-mail to Sean regarding paint choice and it was clear that oil was the way to go.
Off to Home Depot (again) for paint and supplies. I went with black.. I believe Sean offered to help me build it if I painted it pink.. But when I first seen the one on Dave Gentry’s web-site I thought the black Disko looked pretty slick. The when I saw Sean’s Disko in person for the first time I knew if I built one I would go with the black as well.
Before beginning to paint I 'burned' holes in the skin at the locations of the pre-drilled holes I put in the frame for the deck rigging. I used a soldering iron and it worked like a charm… nice round holes in the polyester…
I had pre-drilled some holes in the fore-deck stringers prior to skinning. There will be a little bit of space above the legs so I wanted to add some bungee so as to have a place to store some smaller items, like maybe my pump or paddle float. Just a few minutes effort and I had the 1/8 inch bungee in place…
Then I closed the storage room door, opened the window, turned on the fan and heater, and put a coat of paint on the hull. The smell was not as bad as I thought it would be. I did get a little light-headed while painting but once I was done and left the room that went away. The next day, once the hull had time to sufficiently dry, I flipped it over and put a coat of paint on the deck…
So far this week I have managed to paint on two coats. There are some holes along the stitching that are being a little stubborn to fill in, so I am in the process of adding extra paint in just those spots to close them over. Once I get those holes to close up then I will carry on and put on a couple more coats….
I hope to have the other coats of paint on before the coming weekend is over...
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