Painting A Narrowboat Roof

Don t be tempted to try and reduce the expense by using cheap household paint.

Painting a narrowboat roof.

I have been working hard for almost a month now working on painting prepping and painting out boats roof. I have thoroughly enjoyed reading you experience painting your narrow boat i painted the stern bulkhead of my boat and got runs so thanks for the tip as for sign writers there is a man named keith at st marys marina in rufford who i would recommend. I bought a 500ml bottle enough to paint the entire roof area but as i m only using it on exposed metal i should have enough for the entire boat. Ideal painting conditions are not too hot no breeze and no insects.

Often the deck tops gunwale sides and roof of a narrowboat are coated with an anti slip paint. Consider booking your narrow boat into a covered dock. Narrowboat painting a step by step report on the repainting of my narrowboat rambler. Rylard raddle offers an excellent reduction in reflection and glare when used on boat roofs and is also suitable for use.

Weve got our primer ready zinc phosphate. I imagine it looks quite dashing and fun and a red boat is quite eye catching to see floating along a river. We have chosen to paint the roof first as we are c. Narrow boat painting is an art form.

Cost 13 00 not cheap but essential. Narrowboat painting tips from www johnbarnard biz in this video which forms the first part of a series john barnard sets out to share some of the tips used. You need a suitable undercoat and two gloss coats of metal or marine paint so it will be a fairly costly project. The roof looks nicer after being painted white though it would be nice to see how it looks with red painted on it.

Rylard raddle is a single pack semi gloss finish based on alkyd resin strengthened with specially selected extenders and formulated using durable lead free pigments nhaving both good resistance to oil and water rylard raddle is ideal for use in the marine environment. Weve ordered a scabbler from brandon tool hire which by the looks of things around this forum is by far the best way of stripping a roof back to steel. Here follows the most commonly available options. Total paint cost 345.

Due to the nature of cruising in these craft it is often necessary for crew to step onto the gunwale and anti slip provides a safer surface. Whether you hire a professional boat painter or tackle the job yourself painting a narrowboat is going to take a lot of paint. I m actually excited to see it especially that stripe you put along the edge.