Paintjob in Red

There comes the new Arpex Red color.

 

Changes coming on deck

In this ongoing maintenance the bottoms and hull will be painted, as well as the decks. The bottom will contunue with CopperCoat, now hopefully better applied, and the hull will continue in strong "Arpex Red". :-) 

However, the decks will suffer some changes, as an experiment. The wooden parts on the ama will be covered in white paint. And the sand colored anti-skid panels will be painted white also. We ill try that out. I am not sure it is a good idea. If I feel not, I will go back to the classic cream, or sand color. The wooden details on the cabin entry will be maintained, and will receive a coat of epoxi and varnish.

 

Structure

 

I love to stumble upon older images of Arpex during the construction time. This one showing the hull structure right after turning the hull and first coating all the inside panels with epoxi resin. I used some white powder,... forgot the name... it goes well in epoxi. The deck was later built over this.

Work started

Work has been started by Max, and his brother Bochecha. Arpex will be stipped down, sanded, and repainted from top to bottom.