Help with painting my heron

Originally posted by tickler I have painted many boats. I use Hammerite Garage Door paint (smooth) apply it with  a brush and  roll it off with a short pile mini roller intended for gloss paint.

Pretty much any paint will work on a dinghy, but the specialist boat paints tend to be harder wearing and look pretty for longer. The paints suggested by Jimc will certainly work well. The info on the tins will explain how to go about things, drying times, how many coats and the like. I like putting paint on with a miniroller (using a Harris varnish miniroller bit on the end) but in the end use whatever you are comfortable with. You will certainly need 4 coats, 2 of primer/undercoat and 2 of topcoat. You may need more undercoat if when you sand back you are still not happy with the finish. Best to get it all nice and smooth at the undercoat stage.

Hi all,

Edited by doomie22 - 05 May 11 at 4:48pm