Forum,
I would like to varnish the entire boat and paint several images, stripes, etc using brightside white urethane paint.
Can I varnish the entire boat and paint directly over the varnish, or do I need to mask the area that I am going to paint and not apply any varnish to this area, or do I need to varnish, sand, mask then paint, or other method???
Best Regards,
Ready to finish the project
I've seen several approaches put forward on this topic. My boat has a stripe along the sheer line, across all the seams and along the bottom/side edge; everything else is varnish. I chose to paint my stripes, taping off as necessary, and then varnish the entire boat (over paint and all).
I used Brightsides green (can't recall the name of the green), and the only affect the varnish had was to add a golden hue to the color of the green (which, in my mind, looked better than the original color!).
I think the decision should be which way is most efficient for your time and effort invested.
Good luck; hope you can post some pics of the finished product,
Larry
