Roll And Tip Boat Painting

Boat restoration of the 1971 thunderbird tri hull continues with painting th hull using the roll and tip method with brightside paint.

Roll and tip boat painting.

You have to sneak up on the proper mix. Which is the best one to use. The one word that comes to mind is magic. Now you re onto painting the top coat.

Too little thinner and the surface shows brush strokes. 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. 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 ve got two options roll tip or spray.

One part two part polyurethane enamel or alkyd paint. This painting process is used to yield a perfect. Both an art in themselves but done right can come out lovely with a great finish. This jamestown distributors workshop video will show you the simple painting technique rolling and tipping.

In this video we have called on boat painting pro hillary from the total boat tech team. 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. 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. Two part polyurethane paint begins to set almost immediately so painting your hull is a sprint.