Painting

Building a 22 1/2 foot classic cruiser.

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Here's a comparison of a faired, microballoon hull and after priming:


And here's some pictures of the bottom taped-off then paint:


The primer was System Three two-part epoxy and the paint was System Three LPU. Both were water reducable and worked as advertised. We used an HVLP spray gun with a 1.4 air cap that produced nearly zero over spray. Our poor 5HP compressor worked almost continuously to deliver the air to the HVLP equipment.