Comments on: Late Bungs, Prime Spreaders, and The Never Ending Bulwarks http://bccelizabeth.com/2009/04/02/late-bungs-prime-spreaders-and-the-never-ending-bulwarks/ Living aboard a Bristol Channel Cutter, voyaging and exploring Mon, 29 Aug 2011 20:07:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: Ben Eriksen http://bccelizabeth.com/2009/04/02/late-bungs-prime-spreaders-and-the-never-ending-bulwarks/#comment-2358 Ben Eriksen Sat, 04 Apr 2009 17:46:51 +0000 http://bccelizabeth.com/?p=57#comment-2358 Dan good to know a brush will work fine in the track... that'll be a fun project. I'm not painting the whole mast, just the track and a few other spots. Gunna look weird I know, but not getting into that big project this year. Dan good to know a brush will work fine in the track… that’ll be a fun project. I’m not painting the whole mast, just the track and a few other spots. Gunna look weird I know, but not getting into that big project this year.

]]> By: Dan http://bccelizabeth.com/2009/04/02/late-bungs-prime-spreaders-and-the-never-ending-bulwarks/#comment-2347 Dan Sat, 04 Apr 2009 07:05:56 +0000 http://bccelizabeth.com/?p=57#comment-2347 Ben, A good brush works just fine on the Forespar track. It's good for controlling the amount of paint, so sags aren't much of a problem. If you start at the masthead end, by the time you get to the bottom 15 feet, which is all anyone can see up close, you'll be doing perfect painting! My big problem was I hated to sand the primer coats down to complete smoothness, and loose all that good protection! Dan Ben,
A good brush works just fine on the Forespar track. It’s good for controlling the amount of paint, so sags aren’t much of a problem.

If you start at the masthead end, by the time you get to the bottom 15 feet, which is all anyone can see up close, you’ll be doing perfect painting! My big problem was I hated to sand the primer coats down to complete smoothness, and loose all that good protection!
Dan

]]> By: rj http://bccelizabeth.com/2009/04/02/late-bungs-prime-spreaders-and-the-never-ending-bulwarks/#comment-2336 rj Fri, 03 Apr 2009 14:58:22 +0000 http://bccelizabeth.com/?p=57#comment-2336 You might lose some gloss with the brushing thinner, it could work. Spray thinner is intended to flash faster than brush thinner. Blushing is caused when thinning solvents don't evaporate before the coating has cured. Then again, the guy who sprayed our sloop uses gun cleaning solvent for spray thinner! He swears by it. Not sure *I* would try that, lol. You might lose some gloss with the brushing thinner, it could work. Spray thinner is intended to flash faster than brush thinner. Blushing is caused when thinning solvents don’t evaporate before the coating has cured.

Then again, the guy who sprayed our sloop uses gun cleaning solvent for spray thinner! He swears by it. Not sure *I* would try that, lol.

]]> By: Ben Eriksen http://bccelizabeth.com/2009/04/02/late-bungs-prime-spreaders-and-the-never-ending-bulwarks/#comment-2334 Ben Eriksen Fri, 03 Apr 2009 13:42:24 +0000 http://bccelizabeth.com/?p=57#comment-2334 Yeah - the mini spray bottle, I thought that was cool, especially for my mast track - then remembered I bought the brushing thinner. Can you use the brushing thinner for spraying, if all you want to do is get some paint in there, not worrying about how it looks? Or will the flow just be all wrong and it will sag/run and not stick... I wonder. Yeah – the mini spray bottle, I thought that was cool, especially for my mast track – then remembered I bought the brushing thinner. Can you use the brushing thinner for spraying, if all you want to do is get some paint in there, not worrying about how it looks? Or will the flow just be all wrong and it will sag/run and not stick… I wonder.

]]> By: rj http://bccelizabeth.com/2009/04/02/late-bungs-prime-spreaders-and-the-never-ending-bulwarks/#comment-2333 rj Fri, 03 Apr 2009 13:27:23 +0000 http://bccelizabeth.com/?p=57#comment-2333 I know AwlGrip catalyst is compatible with Sterling color. So I suspect the reverse is true! Noticed the PreVal disposable spray bottles. Nice for spraying LPU on small parts instead of brushing. I know AwlGrip catalyst is compatible with Sterling color. So I suspect the reverse is true!

Noticed the PreVal disposable spray bottles. Nice for spraying LPU on small parts instead of brushing.

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