Internal Topcoat

Spraying the catamarans topcoat was very satisfying. These photos don't quite give the painting justice, they have come up much better than what you see here.

Wanting to use the gravity-feed spray gun presented some more issues. We had to find a smaller nozzle (1.5mm - 2mm) to get the finer finishing coat.

Back to 'discount trade tools' people, we were told that it would be cheaper to buy a whole new unit than the three bits required to change the current gun to the smaller nozzle.

The finish is much better than the colour of the photographs by the way, just a crook photographer.

There are a few tricks here to with respiration, thinning of the topcoat, temperature and coat thickness which we diarised in the Pure Majek Diary. When they are all in place, the painting system seems to work OK and run smoothly.