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. . . Note in Geoff Kerr’s excellent video on his epoxy/primer/paint progression process, he says that his original Interlux Brightside paint job lasted 17 years on NED LUDD with odd touch-ups to cover bare spots from wear.
Painting a Wooden Boat: Simple Techniques for a Professional Finish
As for the amount of GBB to mix with the white, it’s to taste by trial and error and it gets pretty unscientific as the tide is coming back in and I have to get paint on quickly. It’s a good system to me because someone could take whatever shade they like from Interlux Brightside and put a bit of that in some white and off you go til you find the mix that’s just right. On the interior it’s very important to knock down any whites so the bright sun isn’t reflecting bright white into you eyes all day.
While the new-tech poly-eurothane paints like Brightside will keep their luster longer than the others like Kirby, we actually like the look of flatter paint, not glossy, and Kirby has amazing colors and can match any color you want so they make the color thing easy, so we highly recommend Kirby Paints. That’s what Maynard has used mostly on his boats over the years. It’s worth noting that Maynard loves to paint his boats and he’s retired, so a coat of paint’s longevity is less important to him than color.
If the boat will be trailered and kept indoors in the off season, I might bypass all the science and chemistry and call up Kirby for the colors you want. If the boat is going to be outside all season, and treated roughly, then a new tech paint might stand up to those conditions better over the long haul.
Hey Bob. Next week we’ll be adding a feature to upload your photo/avatar in your account profile. Re: a spreadsheet, I see where you’re going. Let’s see how the Builders’ Boathouse goes (so things don’t become too scattered around) and we can adjust as needed. We have some hair-brained ideas to put the Oonagh builders on the map of the Worldwide Classic Boat Show . . . but . . . we like to walk before we run on web development.
Hey John. The tutorial video shows how to upload photos into a post. Here’s that link:
Size shouldn’t be the issue here, Doug. I’ve tested uploading images much larger.
That said, it’s generally better to reduce the size of photos before putting them on the web since the larger files not only take up lots of server space but they can upload slowly and cause a page to on the site to load much more slowly for those with slow internet speed, especially if there are multiple large images on a page.
Image files can be very big straight from the camera or phone, and it can be a pain to shrink them down for sure.
Your computer will likely have a basic image program where you can change the size to about 1000px wide, and change the resolution to either 72dpi or “medium”. That’ll shrink the size of your files dramatically and make them easier to work with. It’s best for you to google/find the right program to do that with because there are countless combinations of device/app/combos. i.e. If you’re on a mac, there’s an application “Preview” that is easy/basic. There are different options for PC’s but that’s info we don’t know.