Painting A Narrowboat Roof

Ideal painting conditions are not too hot no breeze and no insects.

Painting a narrowboat roof.

Whether you hire a professional boat painter or tackle the job yourself painting a narrowboat is going to take a lot of paint. Narrow boat painting is an art form. You need a suitable undercoat and two gloss coats of metal or marine paint so it will be a fairly costly project. Consider booking your narrow boat into a covered dock.

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. Greetings fellow waterways folk my partner and i are about to resurface the roof of our narrowboat. 5l biscuit cream gloss x 1 roof and side panels 160. I have been working hard for almost a month now working on painting prepping and painting out boats roof.

We have chosen to paint the roof first as we are c. 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. 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.

Here follows the most commonly available options. Weve got our primer ready zinc phosphate. Total paint cost 345. I m actually excited to see it especially that stripe you put along the edge.

Orbital sander will make light work of paint surface preparation and a set of knee pads is a must when tackling the roof. Cost 13 00 not cheap but essential. Rylard raddle offers an excellent reduction in reflection and glare when used on boat roofs and is also suitable for use. I imagine it looks quite dashing and fun and a red boat is quite eye catching to see floating along a river.

Don t be tempted to try and reduce the expense by using cheap household paint. 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. Often the deck tops gunwale sides and roof of a narrowboat are coated with an anti slip paint.