9 So, You want to buy a narrowboat

Preparing your narrowboat for painting should always begin with grit blasting and is standard practice at Ovation Boats. This process helps remove residue on the plate from the steel milling process and provides as clean as possible a foundation for the subsequent layers of paint.

Following grit blasting the steel is sprayed with a primer coat before three coats of International Perfection Pro undercoat are applied, with the surface lightly sanded between each coat.

Two coats of International Perfection Pro top coat, sanded down between each coat, completes the process and provides a durable and glossy finish, which will stand you in good stead for all aspects of boating.

Although International Perfection Pro comes at an increased cost over some other paint systems we’ve used, the encouraging results and feedback from this ‘two pack epoxy’ product makes it our ‘go to’ paint system.