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Ladies and Gentlemen

 I am starting to do the water line on my Granado. . The water line feathers to the center from the bow and stern. My question is should I seal and varnish the hull before trying to paint the water line? and can I use a regular house hold white primer for the hull?

Thank you and happy building

Andy 

 

Current Build

HM Granado CC

Past builds

 HMS Chatham CC, HM Convulsion CC,  Duke William German Kit, Fair American LSS, The Wright Flyer MS

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Hi Andre,

 

Have used both methods. Found that when you varnish hull, you need to use a very soft pencile. The benefit of the varnished hull is the planking is sealed and can be roughed up with very fine sandpaper. I have used auto primer as the finished coat.

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Thank You Mike

Off to the ship yard with a varnish brush

Cheers

Current Build

HM Granado CC

Past builds

 HMS Chatham CC, HM Convulsion CC,  Duke William German Kit, Fair American LSS, The Wright Flyer MS

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