> Hello all,

> Last weekend I painted the hull of my Chessie 16 wit high build primer and
> a top coat of Interlux. Mixed results. THe paint went on well enough, but
> the job is far from perfect. Two problems: brush marks due to the foam
> brush, excess biuld-up of paint along lines where fresh paint was applied
> next to areas that had already begun to tack up. I put on two coats of
> interlux and tried different schemes to avoid the latter problem, but with
> little success (perfectly smooth).

I'm far from an expert, but the paint job on my Coho came out OK. I assume you put the paint on with an epoxy roller -- a very thin coat is what you want. I only did about 1.5 horizontal feet at a time, the height of the boat, and then quickly brushed the bubbles out with a 2 or 3-inch foam brush -- if you're getting ridges from the brush, the paint must have already dried somewhat. And only use one stroke to smooth the bubbles -- if you go back and forth, you get ridges. If you have excess build up of paint, sounds like you might be putting it on too thick -- or perhaps not keeping a wet edge. The vertical wet edge on the hull is the only place your roller or brush should ever overlap, and not very much of that.

Hope this helps,

Tom

> So I'd be interested in succesful painting schemes. Also, of course I'm
> going to wet-sand the entire hull before the next coat. I'm considering
> two approaches for the final coat: spray enamel or wax. I'd only wax over
> a contiguous layer of Interlux, so the wax would not be on primer.

> I'd be interested in hearing about anyone's experience using either
> approach.

> Thanks in advance,

> Barry