Month: November 2020

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Chloe in and Floydtilla Out

At their Stoke Prior base Black Prince has what looks like a floating polly tunnel. They use this to float the boats into so they can control the conditions while they work on the paintwork, both stripping back to bare metal and respraying.

These picture cover a few weeks work in the tunnel.

Chloe in the paint tunnel
Chloe in the paint tunnel
Bit of a dent to repair
Bit of a dent to repair
Stripping the paint
Stripping the paint
On with the undercoat
On with the undercoat (note dent repaired)
Masked up being painted
Masked up being painted
Floydtilla Logo
Under the masting Chloe changes to Floydtilla
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The New Colour Scheme

Black Prince will paint your boat almost any colour you like, we wanted the boat to be a little brighter and Sonia my wife likes blue, we had also been advised that a dark colour on the roof could lead to a very hot interior.

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Black Prince Original Colours

So with the aid of Photoshop I took a picture I had of the boat we had hired in 2019 and started to recolour it.

Colour White
Side panels to white

First was to replace the red sides and remove any logos

Final Colour Selections
Final Colour Selections

Then after a bit of tidying up we could add the colours we had selected from the Black Prince recommended paint supplier Symphony Coatings (West Midlands Ltd), we could have chosen any paint from any supplier, but I have found it always best to stick to the recommended. Our picture was meant only as a guide to the painter to what we had in mind, I am sure he will improve upon our work.

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