Small boat paint job.

Cooperider

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I really mean small.

Here is the paint job I just started on a set of molds for an RC boat.

Base color is white, the black is the mold where I need to spray some color when the rest is dry.
 

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Cooperider

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Here is the deck. When its dry, I will peel the rest of the tape off, and finish the stripes.
 

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Chris

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Hey, that's pretty neat Coop. :thumb:

What the story?

Are you building this for yourself, or for someone else?
 

Cooperider

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I didn't take pictures of the next step, just of the finished product. I do have a video of painting the two stripes, so when thats ready I'll post a link to it.

Here is the finished paint on the hull.
 

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Cooperider

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And the final paint on the deck.

If you look at the picture with the circle, you might be able to see a spot that I'll have to fix later. When I pulled the tape for the orange stripe, a small piece of the white stuck and came up with it.

Heck the whole thing might be crap. You really don't know until you build the part and pull it.
 

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Cooperider

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I really wanted the black to have a smoother finish, but my gun wasn't working properly. I wasn't getting enough material through it.

Here is why.

See if you can see orange gel in a couple of the holes. Yes this is set up orange gel coat. The black set up on me too, with the clog I couldn't clean it fast enough to save the gun.

I could clean this all up, but for the price of the gun, I'll just use it for parts.
 

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Cooperider

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One of these two colors got ran a little to "hot". Maybe a little less hardener next time.


When you see the gel coat, or resin, start to do this. Pour water over it. AND set it somewhere less flamable than a 5 gallon pail of gel-coat!!!! Yes, I moved it after the pic. But was out of water so I had to improvise. :rof:
 

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Cooperider

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That paint gun SUCKED, I already know it failed and I haven't pulled the part yet.

Not enough gel fast enough. I'll show you how it came out later today.
 

Cooperider

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Its scrap, I need to build a new one. I couldn't get enough paint on it with that gun. I really should have brushed some extra on before I laid up the fiberglass, I might have been able to save it.


But take a look. This is a "text book" perfect case of 'gatoring.

If I was to write a book on gel coating, I use this as a picture of a 'gator.

If you look at the glass side of the hull you can see it start. Thats not air. Then in the other pics you can see the result.
 

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Cooperider

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It's a shame too, this boat would have looked good.
 

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Cooperider

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The color combo does look better than I thought it would.


So these might be the colors I use for the Project X boat.
 

Chris

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Thanks for showing the process Coop.

It did look like it was going to be pretty kewl.

You should give it another go. :)
 

Cooperider

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I set the parts out on top of my trash. I bet it was gone in less than an hour.


I'll spray another one up when I'm spraying the big boat. With luck, by the end of May.
 

Chris

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Next time, perhaps you should select different music to spray to.

Me thinks that was part of the problem. :p :)
 
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