After many many days and weeks of the sanding and filling routine, we finally were ready to spray the primer on. We used a two part epoxy primer by AWLGRIP. We also had to mix in some T00006 reducer because we were going to spray it on. We taped and covered EVERYTHING, then began to make our tent enclosure. The last thing we wanted to do was get paint on other people’s boats, especially the beautifully painted power boat down wind, 10 feet from us. Laurel’s dad, Tom, started us off my spraying a little. Then he said it was my turn. Oh boy. My resume of spraying paint is non existent so I was a little nervous. We have done all this labor, prepping, filling and sanding only to be ruined by Griffin’s rookie spraying abilities.

Well, not to toot my own conch horn, it turned out pretty good. I couple of small runs, but those will sand out before the final coat. I sprayed 2 layers of primer on and we still have a gallon of paint left. The next step is to sand with some 220 grit until super smooth. After that we have two options: 1. Wipe the hull with colored acetone to find any imperfections 2. Skip that and spray the final coat. We are probably going to wipe the acetone because we want it to come out perfect. It would be a shame to put in all this effort only to mess it all up with some laziness.