Roll And Tip Boat Painting

This painting process is used to yield a perfect.

Roll and tip boat painting.

Now you re onto painting the top coat. Too little thinner and the surface shows brush strokes. Too much thinner and the paint sags or runs. One part two part polyurethane enamel or alkyd paint.

You have to sneak up on the proper mix. Depending on the size of the project and whether you are able to spray for example in the yard roll and tip is always a good option which i ll cover below. Rolling and tipping paint can be hard to get right. In this video we have called on boat painting pro hillary from the total boat tech team.

You ve got two options roll tip or spray. Boat restoration of the 1971 thunderbird tri hull continues with painting th hull using the roll and tip method with brightside paint. Which is the best one to use. Painting the topsides with the roll and tip method should take no more than 20 minutes to paint one side of a 26 foot boat.

Both an art in themselves but done right can come out lovely with a great finish. This jamestown distributors workshop video will show you the simple painting technique rolling and tipping. The key to getting a flawless finish is the thinner. I have been applying linear polyurethane paint with the roll and tip method for more than 25 years yet i am still astounded every time by the results.