71. Finishing The Blacking On My Narrowboat

[@thenewboater5380]

Yours is definitely the shiniest boat in the warf

[@MrFrontrowrules]

What a difference painting the lockers made! Really appreciate all your hard work.

[@crispykitten]

Smashing it out dude. The finnish looks nice, can't wait for the roof coat to be done. Lockers are looking good too, can't wait to see your solution to keeping them dry.

[@johnneal7832]

Better to do it right first time mate, than it needing to be done again in a Yr or 2 lol 👍👍

[@christinetaylor6897]

Looks fantastic but like you say it's all about preparation and you have certainly prepared. We'll done! Best wishes Christine x

[@olivellanarrowboat4319]

Thanks so much 👍 it’s nice to know someone’s with me through this x

[@christinetaylor6897]

@@olivellanarrowboat4319 oh I am, I'm so enjoying it because you are so thorough and doing such a great job, I will be there. C x

[@westaussiejeff1547]

Wow! Looks Great Oli!

[@anothernarrowboatfitout6101]

And there i was thinking you’d just given the lockers a lick of paint in between watching Terry Pratchet 😄

[@olivellanarrowboat4319]

In all fairness, this was filmed a couple of weeks ago. Last weekend was more a social with my mate Ritchie visiting for the night, we did very little. But that’s the other side of boat life, can’t all be work and no play 😉

[@DEmma1972]

can never have too much prep. Its probs 90% prep and 10% finishing

[@olivellanarrowboat4319]

Good prep and the right tools makes my job easier 😉 thanks for the comments

[@adamnorris8006]

Looking like a Battle ship👏

[@olivellanarrowboat4319]

Agreed, if you’ve not seen it, go back and watch the crane video, like 44 or something around there. Against the sky it looks incredible, very much like a battleship, all square edges and straight lines

[@thomascoyne157]

Very hard work but very rewarding too,👍👍👍👍

[@olivellanarrowboat4319]

Thanks for the comments 👍 Yh, I’m really starting to reap the rewards, at least when I stand back and think how far we’ve come 👍

[@timmarland7162]

Looking great!!!

[@olivellanarrowboat4319]

Thanks man, let me know if you fancy getting covered in paint this summer 😉

[@skywardview]

Looking great!!!!! At this rate you will be cruising soon!

[@olivellanarrowboat4319]

Thanks very much 👍 oh my friend there’s still so to do, I’ve almost got it back to a sail away state, but it’s taken me a year already! I doubt she’ll be floating any time soon. But thanks for the encouragement 👍😉

[@greghilton7797]

Great job Olli. I would've lost it on those lockers and cut them out with a angle grinder. But you persevered and the results were great.

[@olivellanarrowboat4319]

Thanks very much, for watching, commenting and the encouragement 👍 if it wasn’t for you guys commenting, I might have stopped filming the whole ordeal by now 👍

[@greghilton7797]

@@olivellanarrowboat4319 Hang in there mate. These things take time.

[@eppot1]

:-)

[@olivellanarrowboat4319]

Ta man 😉