Today the "tile red" went on! It looks good... at least the color looks good. The orange peel, not so much. It started off well. I masked and prepped the hull, and then sprayed on a light coat of clear so that it would bleed into the tape edges and not show. Then I sprayed on the first few coats of the red. But then, on the LAST coat, I neglected to put the lid on the gravity paint cup and while spraying up under the bulb managed to drizzle paint all over the port side!!! God!!! I gently wiped it up as best I could, and then sprayed on two more pretty heavy coats hoping that it would all blend in. It didn't. Shit. Now I'm committed to sanding and spraying on more coats of clear over the whole thing. That's not necessarily bad, but I'm sure that I'll always be able to see the mess. Can you see it? It looks of slop... F@#&!!!! Oh well... I'll keep working on it. However, when I took the masking tape off, the rest of the hu...

Wasn't able to post last night, but sprayed on my first coat of clear epoxy. I'm using a new, gravity feed spray gun that I picked up at Harbor Freight for $14. It works pretty well, although you really need to run reducer through it or it will seize up within minutes of stopping spraying. Pretty easy. Just sprayed on the entire hull, but especially on the topsides. Only did two thin coats... just enough to start to cover the hull. Didn't even need to mask anything.   Today, I re-marked the waterline as it dissolved when I wiped the hull with reducer yesterday. After that, I masked the topsides at the waterline. Had to use a hobby knife at the sharp turns near the stern. Then I sprayed on one thin coat of clear. The idea here is that you spray on the same color that is underneath the tape so that the bleed is the same color and you don't see it. Finally, I sprayed on several coats of white from the waterline just about an inch or two toward the...