Barnicles and Blue Paint (things I’m sanding off my boat)

My boat renovation is underway. With rain threatening all day, I sanded. We went to Lowe’s and found that Flexseal stuff, priced marine paint (yikes), got some needed supplies.

If you recall, G was a big no on the boat. He said I was on my own with this one. Today he took me shopping and bought everything. Yesterday he set me up with the sander, drop cloth, mask and sand paper.

He ended up scraping most of the side we finished, straightening much of the bent aluminum and patching a couple of small holes. I didn’t intend to be Tom Sawyer in this boat painting senerio. I think fixing up a boat must look fun or something. The neighbors have been curious …

I’m pretty excited to start painting. I want the above the water part to be white. The bottom will either be black or a nice aqua color. The edge and inside aqua. (it’s already a color I like, just rubbed off in places).

This was a good art project for a cloudy Memorial Day in New England. I’ve never sanded a boat before. It seems to be going well.