Orbital sander will make light work of paint surface preparation and a set of knee pads is a must when tackling the roof.
Painting a narrowboat roof.
Here follows the most commonly available options.
You need a suitable undercoat and two gloss coats of metal or marine paint so it will be a fairly costly project.
Narrowboat painting a step by step report on the repainting of my narrowboat rambler.
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.
Rylard raddle offers an excellent reduction in reflection and glare when used on boat roofs and is also suitable for use.
Ideal painting conditions are not too hot no breeze and no insects.
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.
Cost 13 00 not cheap but essential.
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.
Consider booking your narrow boat into a covered dock.
Weve got our primer ready zinc phosphate.
Often the deck tops gunwale sides and roof of a narrowboat are coated with an anti slip paint.
Total paint cost 345.
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.
I imagine it looks quite dashing and fun and a red boat is quite eye catching to see floating along a river.
Narrow boat painting is an art form.
The roof looks nicer after being painted white though it would be nice to see how it looks with red painted on it.
Don t be tempted to try and reduce the expense by using cheap household paint.
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.
I have thoroughly enjoyed reading you experience painting your narrow boat i painted the stern bulkhead of my boat and got runs so thanks for the tip as for sign writers there is a man named keith at st marys marina in rufford who i would recommend.
I bought a 500ml bottle enough to paint the entire roof area but as i m only using it on exposed metal i should have enough for the entire boat.
