by sgtryan13 » Wed Jan 15, 2014 3:34 pm
I can give ya a even easier way to do the tie downs next time- use a good quality silver colored pencil. just give it a twirl inside each tie down, and you are good to go. Now I know that the tie downs were painted white, but they weathered VERY fast and were a dirty light grey in no time. With the silver pencil, you get the weathered light grey look perfectly with just a coat of flat over it.
Another benefit to the pencil is that the results are perfectly uniform. Not trying to be critical of your deck by any means, but in the close up photo below that shows the elevator, you can clearly see that the white dots are not uniform in their size or shape. This is no fault of yours, just the limitations of the size of the paint marker.
I can give ya a even easier way to do the tie downs next time- use a good quality silver colored pencil. just give it a twirl inside each tie down, and you are good to go. Now I know that the tie downs were painted white, but they weathered VERY fast and were a dirty light grey in no time. With the silver pencil, you get the weathered light grey look perfectly with just a coat of flat over it.
Another benefit to the pencil is that the results are perfectly uniform. Not trying to be critical of your deck by any means, but in the close up photo below that shows the elevator, you can clearly see that the white dots are not uniform in their size or shape. This is no fault of yours, just the limitations of the size of the paint marker.