Roll And Tip Boat Painting

You ve got two options roll tip or spray.

Roll and tip boat painting. Both an art in themselves but done right can come out lovely with a great finish. Too much thinner and the paint sags or runs. 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. You have to sneak up on the proper mix.

One part two part polyurethane enamel or alkyd paint. Rolling and tipping paint can be hard to get right. Now you re onto painting the top coat. In this video we have called on boat painting pro hillary from the total boat tech team.

This jamestown distributors workshop video will show you the simple painting technique rolling and tipping. Two part polyurethane paint begins to set almost immediately so painting your hull is a sprint. Too little thinner and the surface shows brush strokes. The key to getting a flawless finish is the thinner.

Which is the best one to use. The roll tip method is a non stop fast moving two person paint a thon where one person applies a thin coat of paint with a roller and the other person follows immediately behind with a brush to remove the roller stipple the so called orange peel texture and smooth out the surface. The one word that comes to mind is magic. Boat restoration of the 1971 thunderbird tri hull continues with painting th hull using the roll and tip method with brightside paint.