Once we had the deck and cockpit painted we were able to finally get out of Paula and Bill's hair and take her back to her home slip. We did miss the gracious way they made us feel welcome and will always be appreciative of their generosity. We could not have accomplished what we did without their help.
The nonskid we chose is not so much a rough texture as it is a sticky one, a better choice if you happen to like going barefoot like I do. Getting the color right was a bit tricky. We wanted something to contrast with the Oyster White but not be too dark and absorb heat. We chose to mix white and grey to what we thought was the perfect color. After another round of taping and surface cleaning/prep we rolled on our doghouse deck first. A few days later we had a good weather window and mixed a new batch and painted the side decks. When we looked closely at the two together, we realized it was a slightly different color. It had been mixed with an 8-1 ratio instead of the original 10-1. Turns out the second color was really the perfect one and after some groans, we repainted the the original surface then finished out the job with the cockpit. We are very happy with the results.
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| We used special tape for the tight radii. |
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| We should have bought stock in blue tape! |
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No spot spared with tape.
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Lots of little bits of white really set an area off.
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Nonskid in the cockpit
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The contrast is just what we wanted.
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