Narrowboat painting

A friendly professional narrowboat painting service based at Dadfords Wharf , Wordsley near Stourbridge in the West Midlands. Only the highest quality materials and paints are used to create the perfect long lasting traditional paint job for your boat. A walk along the canal bank will reveal a myriad of designs and colour combinations, some traditional, others expressing the individuality of the owner.

A walk along any tow path or marina will show the individuality of the owners as well as the traditional designs and colour schemes that have evolved over the last 2years. Narrow boat painting is an art form.

There are no hard and fast rules on narrowboat colour schemes, styles or designs it’s really up to you. Lightly sand (400g discs) between coats to key the surface so your paint actually sticks to the layer beneath (I understand that some professional narrowboat painters suggest that you can apply the next coat without sanding providing that you apply it within twenty four hours of the previous coat. Bear in mind though that this will only work if you have a run free finish on the previous coat). All these paints require modifying by the painter to get them to flow better when painting a cabin side for example.

OF HIGH QUALITY TOP. Order before Noon for next. Boat painters servicing the north of England Inland waterways. The ideal coating temperature is between 10°C to 20°C.

If the temperature is too high the paint will not flow.

In damp and cold conditions, the paint will take longer to dry. The gloss finish can suffer from damp through blooming. We offer narrowboat painting packages tailored to your requirements, fully managed by us, or D. Also don’t forget to check out our boat maintenance services including welding and fabrication work. Demo of my technique for painting a narrowboat cabin side. John Barnard Lt offers a comprehensive range of narrowboat painting services for the canalboat owner.

Based at both Debdale Wharf Marina and North Kilworth Marina on the Grand Union Leicester line. Both of our workshops are climate controlled meaning we can provide a year round service without compromise. Often the deck tops, gunwale sides and roof of a narrowboat are coated with an anti-slip paint. Due to the nature of cruising in these craft, it is often necessary for crew to step onto the gunwale and anti-slip provides a safer surface.

Here follows the most commonly available options. I create beautiful hand painted signs and traditional hand painted narrowboats for businesses, organisations and private clients across the UK and around the world. All of our full repaints are shot blasted back to clean steel before we begin our coat system of primers topcoats using epifanes pack polyurethane paint. We can create you an attractive border with our striping tape and corners to frame your boat name, or add unique embellishments and roses to other areas of your narrow boat. We are the boat painters for you.

Our Coach Enamel is a premier high pigment paint for hand application by traditional coach painting techniques. The insides of windows are covered in plastic sheeting to prevent excess dust from entering your narrowboat.

Depending on your requirements we remove old rotten wood to be remade and repainted. We apply a two pack epoxy primer using an airless spraygun. Spraying allows for consistent and thick application of the primer. Post navigation Preparing to repaint the roof. It gives extra-long wet edge time allowing the largest of boats to be brushed or rolled without brush drag.

Specialist marine paint suppliers - the largest selection of quality marine paint and coatings on the web. In this video, which forms the first part of a series, John Barnard sets out to share some of the tips used. The majority of the folk painting of the canals was from the hands of a relatively few professionals, but they were professional boatbuilders, not painters.

Canal Art - The narrowboat painters. The decoration of the boat with painted patterns, lettering and roses and castles was simply regarded as part of the job, no more important than knowing how to measure and cut timber, or how to caulk and tar the planking. The Paintshed is owned and run by Nick Bancroft, a highly experienced narrowboat painter, with an established reputation for excellence.

A small (approx inch long x inch diameter) fleecy roller for the flat areas and brush to get the paint in and around rubbing bands, rivets, plate joints etc. The rollers came in a cheap set with a tray and a spare sleeve or two, the brushes were cheap brushes sold for treating fences. Our range of Buckby ware is available in three background colours, black, green and re whilst the decoration of flowers vary from barge ware to barge ware. The point is, how many of us here given that amount of money would put a repaint at the top of their wish list?

Please contact him for a competitive quote. While many boat owners prefer to entrust the task to the professionals, it’s certainly possible to undertake. The guide price for a professional paint job these days is about £1per foot, or £2for my 62′ narrowboat. Willow Boat Painting is a great little team operating out of Swanley Bridge Marina in Cheshire.

I didn’t have time to paint the boat when. What should the film build be like at this point? Thinking about narrowboat painting or a full repaint, want a paint job to be proud of? At Aqueduct we understand that each boat and customer requirement is unique and our experienced team will work with you to develop a paint scheme to suite your requirement.

I stand by every custom paint job, no matter how big or small. If unsure, just Contact us with your Paint Mask enquiry and we will be happy to help. This high quality self-adhesive stencil film is ideal for painting lettering and shapes on smooth surfaces. Its matt, grey and transparent surface is inscribable and makes it easier to label the work area and with its high flexibility it adapts easily to edges and curves. For that price all the cabin fittings were removed and all the paint removed back to bare steel primed and numerous coats of paint applied.

Two years on it still looks very goo and we get a lot of complimentary observations about how good the paintwork looks.