Roll And Tip Boat Painting

Now you re onto painting the top coat.

Roll and tip boat painting.

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 one word that comes to mind is magic. Two part polyurethane paint begins to set almost immediately so painting your hull is a sprint. 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.

This painting process is used to yield a perfect. This jamestown distributors workshop video will show you the simple painting technique rolling and tipping. One part two part polyurethane enamel or alkyd paint. Boat restoration of the 1971 thunderbird tri hull continues with painting th hull using the roll and tip method with brightside paint.

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. Too much thinner and the paint sags or runs. Too little thinner and the surface shows brush strokes. Rolling and tipping paint can be hard to get right.

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. Both an art in themselves but done right can come out lovely with a great finish. The key to getting a flawless finish is the thinner. You have to sneak up on the proper mix.