INVESTIGATOR 563

Hi Pete
I have previously use the hempel on a hood i restored. Found it was a good paint and pompeis boat yard certainly recommends it.
I used a roller only. Used only foam rollers. Mine was a 100mm foam roller. The fur type leave too many pieces behind. Get yourself a packet of rollers (they are rather cheap) and make sure you change the roller as soon as you see signs that the foam is breaking off. I was using 2-3 rollers per coat.
The first coats were pretty thick as I just thinned them as per the directions. I found that by making each coat thinner, it got a better finish. The last coat I thinned to a point that I got probably 4 times the coverage as I did on the first coat.
I found that seemed to work nicely.

looks great ron. i will be there monday night with the front piece of lead.

So after a fair bit of winching and levering, i finally got my toe rail fitted. Not the easiest job in the world, but i think it came out ok.

Looks good Ron . I agree fitting toerail is not the easiest job but it is worth it in the end . As I think I said somewhere here or TSP it is still the best single improvement I have made to Spritzig II . It also made me more adventurous as I could move around safely during sailing , so in that regard I guess it made me a better sailor ...now I'm just crepe instead of useless

Interested in your thoughts after sailing with it.

Ron, where did you get the toerail from? Im in Melbourne and looking for some for my Investigator.

Steve

Steve
I got it from ullrich aluminum in princes hwy Springvale.
They had to bring it in from NZ so it took about 3 weeks.
I noticed a place near dandenong just off eastlink I think it was called aluminum extrusions Australia. May be worth a try.
Loving the mod though. Found it has the added benefit of being able to clip fenders to it, and stops dropped items Falling overboard.

Ron please contact me

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