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Chris Bond

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Painting/masking decks?
« on: December 28, 2012, 12:36:34 am »

Just wondering the what is the easiest way to go about painting decks on my frigate, do i paint the deck and then mask or paint this buy hand later on.
Not sure which way to go and help will be appreciated.
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Re: Painting/masking decks?
« Reply #1 on: December 28, 2012, 12:41:36 am »

Hi Chris,
Welcome aboard.


Could you clarify what you mean, a little, I am confused :embarrassed: .


Did you mean?
Do I paint the deck (spray?) before assembly, and then mask the deck when I paint the superstructure etc., or do I assemble the boat and paint the deck by hand later on.


Sorry my brain is still stuck in Christmas/holiday mode.
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Re: Painting/masking decks?
« Reply #2 on: December 28, 2012, 04:22:20 am »

Hi Tiger
The boat is already assembled so i was thinking of spraying the deck first then masking it off and then paint the grey?
Just wondering if this is going to be the hard way or not.
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Re: Painting/masking decks?
« Reply #3 on: December 28, 2012, 05:09:47 am »

How big is the boat?
How fine is your brush work?
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Re: Painting/masking decks?
« Reply #4 on: December 28, 2012, 06:02:07 am »

The boats 1100mm and my brush work is pretty good
Here are some pics of what im doing





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Re: Painting/masking decks?
« Reply #5 on: December 28, 2012, 09:14:15 am »

Hi Chris


Now the complexity of the task can be seen, hopefully one of the expert painters and finishers on here can advise you much better than I could.
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Re: Painting/masking decks?
« Reply #6 on: December 28, 2012, 10:08:14 am »

I would spray the model in a primer, followed by the main grey colour, then cut in the deck colour by hand, using a good quality fine point nylon brush. Just finished a repaint on an Archer Class and used  a similar method. Its easier to paint on a horizontal surface with a brush by hand, than a vertical one.
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Re: Painting/masking decks?
« Reply #7 on: December 28, 2012, 11:12:20 am »

Cheers unbuiltnautilus just what i needed didnt want to find out the hard way.
I will post some pics when i have some paint on  ok2
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Re: Painting/masking decks?
« Reply #8 on: December 28, 2012, 01:29:15 pm »

cant agree more with what  unbuiltnautilus has just said
 
 
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Re: Painting/masking decks?
« Reply #9 on: December 28, 2012, 01:56:16 pm »

I'm getting to that stage and was wondering the same thing. Incipient question answered!
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