Narrowboat Painting Mistakes | How to Paint a Narrowboat | Blacking

Subscribe To Our Channel HERE!👇 http://bit.ly/albaYTsubs We’re in Devises Marina as this week Alba is being taken out of the water for blacking and we are going to be preparing the roof for a fresh layer of paint. Over the next two episodes, we will walk you step by step through the whole process of painting the narrowboat roof on a budget and the mistakes we have made so you can avoid them. Narrowboat painting is an art form. There are no hard and fast rules of colour scheme, style, or design, it really depends on you. If you decide to do your own narrowboat painting DIY, some basic ideas will help. The most important in narrowboat painting is the preparation. In this video we will walk you through what it really takes to take the paint off. The orbital sander was not the only tool we needed. When sanding wear protective clothing and dust masks. Paint dust is nasty stuff. If possible, all dust must be removed from your working environment and surfaces. Whatever the standard of finish you end up with, you can be proud that you had a go. It’s your boat so who are you trying to impress? You’ll be looking at the boat anyway from 6 feet away and not 6 inches and we all know things look better from a distance! ------------- RECOMMENDED VIDEOS:- ▶HELPING People and Being Helped. Narrowboat Community Comes Together (    • HELPING People and Being Helped. Narrowboa...   ) ▶Never-ending Narrowboat Engine PROBLEM & Dirt Cheap Swan Hatch (    • Never-ending Narrowboat Engine PROBLEM & D...   ) ▶So Much PLASTIC! The BEST Way to Clear Out LITTER from Canals (    • So Much PLASTIC! The BEST Way to Clear Out...   ) ▶Living OFF GRID is hard! Running out of Fuel on our Narrowboat (    • Living OFF GRID is hard! Running out of Fu...   ) ------------ 🎬Episode 48. ▶ Grab Cruising Alba T-shirt from our organic shop: https://www.cruisingalba.com ▶ Support our production on Patreon:   / cruisingalba​   ▶ Or buy us a coffee: https://paypal.me/CruisingAlba​ We’ve always wanted to find an alternative way of living and the idea of moving onto a canal boat came to us in September 2018. In January 2019 we bought Alba! Watch the full story here: https://bit.ly/AlbaEpisode5​ ▶ Filming gear: Below are affiliate links. You can support our films at no cost to you. THANK YOU 💜 Main camera https://amzn.to/34a7IPc​ 22mm lens https://amzn.to/3l6qgGK​ 50 mm lens https://amzn.to/3jjBqaZ​ GoPro https://amzn.to/2EN5RqO​ Microphone 1 https://amzn.to/3cPjLoQ​ Microphone 2 https://amzn.to/33gLCLJ​ Tripod 1 https://amzn.to/3ikywBh​ Tripod 2 https://amzn.to/3cKDczp​ Tripod 3 https://amzn.to/3kCkpt4​ Drone https://amzn.to/3l6oMMG​ Fast Memory card https://amzn.to/36o3WV2​ Hard drive https://amzn.to/34hhxea​ USB battery charger https://amzn.to/34fE37d​ ▶ SUBSCRIBE to get notified when our new videos go live. ▶ CONNECT with us: Instagram:   / ​   Marina’s Instagram:   / ​   Facebook:   / ​   Twitter:   / ​   ▶ Music: Epidemic Sound Get 30 days free: https://bit.ly/AlbaMusic​ ------------ Hope you guys enjoy the video. Please show your love and support by just liking and subscribing to the channel so we can grow a strong and powerful community. Activate the 🔔 beside the subscribe button to get the notification! Give a comment below and let us know your opinion about our content. MUCH LOVE 💜💜 #narrowboat #canalboat #houseboat #cruisingalba #narrowboatpainting #narrowboatroof Instagram:   / cruisingalba   Marina’s Instagram:   / marinaquoise   Facebook:   / cruisingalba   Twitter:   / cruisingalba   ▶ Music: Epidemic Sound Get 30 days free: https://bit.ly/AlbaMusic #narrowboat #canalboat #boatlife #canalbarge #widebeam #barge #vanlifeuk #exploringalternatives #tinyhome #tinyfloatinghome #tinyhouseuk #tinyhouseliving #tinyhomecommunity