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Monday, July 7, 2008 I had a bit more taping and masking to take care of before I could apply the gloss white paint to the planned smooth areas of the deck, so I got started with that. In particular, I made a change to how I'd terminated and taped around the aft end of the cockpit so as to incorporate a border around the planned traveler location. For this, I first needed to determine where the traveler should be. I measured the boom back to the location of the original boom bail, and consulted some old photos of the boat (wincing as I marveled at the condition of the old traveler and surrounds) to confirm the location. I laid this out on the deck, allowed for the usual 1-1/2" wide border on each side, and taped off as required. With that complete, I covered the field areas of the deck with paper to prevent overspray, and hung more plastic from the toerails to cover the hull against overspray as well. |
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After some final preparations, including final solvent wash and tacking off, as well as wetting/washing down the staging and floor once more, I applied three coats of Alexseal snow white topcoat to the deck borders. In between coats, I ordered the paint for the nonskid, and planned for some of the remaining parts of the job ahead. |
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