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Post by mecreature »

that paint job is sweet.. makes me 2nd guess what in the world am I doing.

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8O Very nice!!!!

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Brightsides lives up to its name. Great job :!: Time to hit the water 8)
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I had a chance to 5200 the transom pads to the transom, please excuse the motor it is backwards, well here are some pics of it glued on. i might put a fewcoats of graphite over it tomorrow.
Don i rolled on the primer coats sanded it w/220 and sprayed on the 2 coats of brightside only because it would be faster to paint im sure you could have the same results rolling and tipping. Actually i wet sanded the second coat with 600 to spray a 3rd coat but decided not too so i just wet sanded over the 600 with 1200 and used a medium cut compound polish to take away the 1200 scratches then just polished with regular wax polish there is faint swirl mark but it's hardly noticable. Couldve gone with a fine cut polish or swirl remover to get that out but i was more than satisfied with the results. I know ill be repainted it within a few years hopefully next time ill go with a 2 part paint. thanks again all of you for your help and support.
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Post by rjezuit »

If that's the finish you get when you don't go all the way, I would love to see what you get when you repaint in a couple of years. The finish and boat you built look like show pieces. Rick

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8O indeed. Nice!

I might have missed it. What did you use for primer?

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Sds i used pre kote for primer. I read somewhere on here that prekote was okay over marinepoxy so i decided to go for it. It did cure properly and i had no problems, The epoxy was fully cured and i also srubbed the hull w/soap and water to remove any blush if present, then cleaned with interlux 216. If they had the 2 part primer in stock i wouldve used their 2 part perfection.

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Post by sds »

Again, great result. I'm taking down notes.

Thanks for the details.

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Finally had a chance to splash the boat. Was gonna take some running pics but the wind picked up. Their was times we had gusts around 20 to 25mph really had a chance to see how this dingy handles. Overall i was pleased and did exceed my expectations. No real swells just wind chops. I definately recommend a tiller ext handle. The graphite bottom did hold up well i dragged the boat on the rocks only light scratches on bottom.
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Post by tech_support »

jay, the boat looks great. Enjoy using it.

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