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Hi Everyone,

 

My hubby and I are new to boating. We bought a primed part finished 57ft narrowboat almost 2 years ago meaning to finish her off pretty quickly and get out on the cut. Having stripped her back to the insulation and started again we are almost there!. Bare in mind that in all we have probably worked on her for no more than a total of 5months in between our heavy work schedule and the 160mile round trip to get to her.

In hindsight we definately would have taken her out of the water (given the distance, diesel and mooring costs) and worked on her closer to home -but you live and learn.

[Canal art]

I'm interested in the "which paint is best" discussion because I use whatever I have lying around. The panel I did at the weekend includes Dulux Weathershield, Blackfriars enamel, Sikkens boat paint and Dulux household gloss. I suspect it'd be tricky for most people to tell which is which.

 

I love the colours pud>>>> I think I will have to try something a little more adventurous :-)

[Canal art]

Can anyone give me advice on my knobsticks!?!?!

 

Where else can you ask that without getting arrested? (At the moment, probably anywhere, coz the police have one or two things to deal with first).

 

Anyway - I've had a stab at painting knobstick style roses, but in the absence of a teacher I've tried to guess at the order of the brush strokes from looking at photos online. Where can I learn the proper way to do these without paying for a course!? Please can someone advise me on which website / book to do some research?

 

Meanwhile, these ones I am calling "Knobhead Roses"

 

 

 

I think your "knobhead" roses look great.

[Canal art]

I'm happy with these for first attempts...takes a while to get used to paints and surfaces. Still got a bit to do on the table before finally varnishing it. Neither of us can draw for toffee, we never watched telly all week...sometimes parked up by 3pm and worked almost non stop all night without realising what the time was....now wheres my fender making book..!!! We really enjoyed doing these and the table and one of the port hole bungs is a joint effort...which was especially satisfying.

 

Table

 

Port hole bungs

 

 

I love the port hole bungs after much searching for something to cover my portholes ( curtains, crochet panels, wooden shutters etc)its bungs for me lol.

[Canal art]

Hi

As I mentioned in a previous post, Craftmaster decorative Flat Colour is the stuff to use. It's quick drying,vibrantly coloured and will give far better results than Humbrol or Dulux. PM me for further advice....it's me day job, decorating boats!!

Cheers

Dave

 

Thank you for that information, I will have a look on their website for the paint. Quick drying is good as I am going to attempt to paint a scene of sorts on the side panel as you go down the stairs to the stern door. I have already done the panels for my hatch doors, they are passable but I think I will replace them as I am not too happy with the humbrol finish

[Canal art]

Hello all, I am new to the site and a relatively new boat owner. I also have been painting roses and castles (trying anyway). I got the Anne Young Book , but I much prefer Tony Lewerys (pity I cant paint like him :-) ). After using Dulux trade gloss and humbrol I need to find something that paints a little better as I would like to have a go at a picture on the outside of the boat oooooooooo!! Any ideas? my apologies if I have missed them as I read through the messages very quickly

 

Do you need to paint over in varnish or similar after.

[Need a new cratch cover]

Hi Dignity,

 

After being ripped off by a canopy maker last year I contacted Kinver Canopies to make me a cratch last month and they did a cracking job - travelled a fair way to me as well. The cover is very well made and the lads were very professional in their manner, they had it made and fitted it within 2 weeks. I was so impressed that I asked them to make me a pram cover - to be fitted next week:-)