RickK's 170 rebuild

[CLM65]

Wow Rick, that is looking great!

[RickK]

This weekend really sucked for trying to paint the boat - on and off rain all weekend 

I thought I was getting a break - radar looked like a few hour break anyway and I went out and washed and masked off the boat - then it built up right over my head and it's been raining hard for over an hour now.  Maybe next weekend.....

[larsli68]

Hello Rick,

Sorry to hear that. This past week has been unbelievably bad for us too.
I hope your weather picks up so that you can finish your paint job.

//Lars

[RickK]

Another crummy weekend - my wife tells me we have had 21 straight days of rain each day.  Now the radar looks like a huge break in the storms, now that it is Sunday eve - go figure.  I may have to take a day off during the week just to get it painted.

[HawgLeg]

That is a real bummer Rick. Still wish I could borrow some of that rain. Pond is 4 feet low and the grass is turning brown. 

[RickK]

Well, I finally made some progress
After I primed the boat I sprayed it and that didn't come out well - too big of a tip and I got some runs in it   Luckily I ordered 2 quarts of paint and I only used one 
So, I sanded it back down, ordered some more primer in and sprayed it - this time I ordered high build primer and it is definitely different than the first I ordered.  Pretty thick stuff.




I sanded this primer down with 220 yesterday and then today buffed the bottom with Aquabuff 2000, which seemed to help shine it up some more.  I think I will do one more buff with 3m Final Finish.

Then I washed the boat and masked the bottom off and








The paint I used is EMC Blue Tint White.  I see some places that didn't get the same amount of the last coat that I sprayed so I think I need to sand it and buff it out.  Overall it came out pretty nice.

[CLM65]

Wow, that is looking really great Rick!  When do you think you will be flipping her back upright?

[RickK]

Thanks Craig, I think I have another weekend of wet sanding/buffing ahead of me and then it's flip time.

[HawgLeg]

Wow that looks awesome!

[larsli68]

That looks awesome Rick!

Great job!!! 

I can't wait to see the boat after the flip!

//Lars

[RickK]

Thanks guys.  Still have some wet sanding in my future.

[dirtwheelsfl]

Like that color 

[northfork]

I second that like on the color. It looks great. Happy sanding.

[Capt. Bob]

Here's some light reading on your existing Bimini and cover.

https://www.ritstudio.com/color-library/core-colors/

A lot of options out there.

[RickK]

I guess you lost me there CB - not changing the cover or the bimini.