Roll And Tip Boat Painting

Both an art in themselves but done right can come out lovely with a great finish.

Roll and tip boat painting.

You ve got two options roll tip or spray. This painting process is used to yield a perfect. Rolling and tipping paint can be hard to get right. One part two part polyurethane enamel or alkyd paint.

You have to sneak up on the proper mix. 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. 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. This jamestown distributors workshop video will show you the simple painting technique rolling and tipping.

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. Now you re onto painting the top coat. Too little thinner and the surface shows brush strokes. The key to getting a flawless finish is the thinner.

Boat restoration of the 1971 thunderbird tri hull continues with painting th hull using the roll and tip method with brightside paint. 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. In this video we have called on boat painting pro hillary from the total boat tech team. The one word that comes to mind is magic.