Hull Topside painting First 2 layers of paint was done last Saturday and Sunday  and pained hull looked absolutely cool. It was heart breaking moment when i get know that all hard work (and money) was put on topsides get to nothing but very poor result. I know that Alexseal Topcoat 501 paint is humidity sensitive e.t.c but after good experience with  Interlux Perfection which is also humidity sensitive I decided that IF i give paint full 12 hours at 25C with about 70% RH it will be dry enough to withstand morning dew and fog. NO! It did not.  Morning dew last Monday appeared Sunday evening dew and all night fog covered boatyard. It did not give paint to dry enough to withstand environment. About 30% of whole surface get damaged (instead of high gloss surface it get dull and matt).   This weekend I changed strategy, first to apply paint as early as possible we sanded and washed previous coat day before painting and  on Saturday morning as soon as morni...

 Interior Worked on 2 layers of wood-sealer around ALL plywood in  Main cabin. main issue is 40C outside and to keep myself ok i had to run AC and close doors and windows. BUT painting inside sealed box is not an easy task from many perspectives.  Yes, I vented cabin time-to-time mainly to avoid combustible concentration of vapors. Saturday i started work at 6AM to catch a little OK (not cool) time and have chance to work with open hatches.  beside plywood, I also soaked galley countertop with ting oil. Now it is came water protected and amazingly nice looking. Just showing pictures after priming with wood sealer, but even without varnishing it looks great, is not?