Here is a pic of her bow after the final painting and
before the checkered flag pattern is applied.This is actually the second
attempt at painting since I didn't sand the epoxy smooth the first time.
The name on the starboard coaming was hand painted and let
me tell you: go buy a stencil and make your life easy! I did it by hand
because I'm insane!! Sign painters must have the grace of god on their side.
Learning from the "coaming fisaco", I bought a stencil and
marked out the letters with a pencil. Then turning stupid, I decided to
paint them by hand again.
I decided to put a checkered flag pattern on the bow. So i began by drawing a set of straight guide-lines. Then I put down a ton of masking tape and painted them with a big ole' brush.
After the squares dried for almost 2 days, I put down more tape and finished the pattern.
The final product.
My
other non-hydro-building-grandad was a sign painter and boat painter. So I
put his trademark on my transom.