We removed the deck so that it can be sand and painted. This deck was made while I was in Minnesota with my dad. The deck is made of pinewood, and was still in pretty good condition. So we simply needed to clean it up. From the photos bellow we sanded and reenforced the wood deck before painting a new coat.
Getting the materials and gettin a professional paint job would have never be possible with out the help of Kevin Keep and Todd Burdett.
Kevin Keep runs a nonprofit called Rebuilding Generations. He works to get young kids involved in car restoration. Teaching them hands-on skills fixing cars. Check out their projects at rebuildinggenerations.com
With the help of Kevin, he brought in Todd Burdett a professional paint sprayer well known in automotive. We were learning from the experts. Through the process of planning out the paint scheme, we did some changes. We changed the hood (top of the boat) to white from the original Blue. Just to make it look cool we added two racing stripes across the hood. We did this because under the sun Todd mentioned it may get pretty hot on the water. The sides flipped the colors from white on top to blue. This would separate the white color on the boat.
The paint we used was tintable Raptor liner. Raptor liner is tougher than regular paint. Usually used for bed liner on trucks. This thing can take a beating. Thicker than regular paint it comes with its spray gun. Spraying it gave it a rough texture. The inner hull was sprayed a light grey. Then the deck was sprayed with beige. Working on the outside of the boat, Todd showed how to thin the Raptor liner. This would reduce the rough texture, that was put on the inside. The Raptor liner thinned out could use a regular paint sprayer. Tapping off the boat with blue tape we continued work on the outside.
The outside with white was left to bake under the sun for at least 2 days. The heatwave of July didn’t mind helping. Then the blue was added. About two weeks’ worth of painting occurred. It came out with a beautiful result.
