Monday, June 22, 2015

This week we got two major projects completed.  We put three coats of spar varnish on the doors to the cabin, and then mounted them.  They turned well and look nice with the contrasting wood types.  Then came the big project, causing much stress and planing beforehand.  We painted the deck, sides, and top with  two-part Interlux Perfection polyurethane paint.  The color is oyster white.  You just never know how certain paints are going to work, especially two part paints.  Will they be easy to apply, or difficult?  Richard watched videos supplied by the company, on how the paint should be applied, and we used foam roller covers and a badger-hair paint brush.  The technique we used was to roll the paint on, then follow with a dry paint brush, pulled over the rolled surface.  I must say that it turned out beautiful!  We put on two coats, wet-sanding with 400 grit sandpaper between the coats.  We were very pleased with this product.
We also received the steering system for the boat, and now we will have to figure out how  to install it-another puzzle to solve.
The paint doesn't totally cure for several days, so we have a break to do some other stuff-maybe yard work, or maybe even playing.  Our son Mathew is coming to visit on Friday to be here for 4th of July fireworks, so that is a good excuse to do some playing.





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