Deck tent!

:cool: The gust forecast has gone up to 60Mph, but after roaming around on deck (and self consciously tidying up the tarpaulin :)) last night after work at silly, pitch black, o'clock, I am pretty confident it'll weather Dorris without too much fuss! Thanks for the responses, I'll let you know how she gets on...
 
She is hanging strong, just had this photo from the yard..., looks lovely... although they tell me it belies the wind. They have locked the yard up and closed the pontoons due to Dorris.

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Kelpie said:
Oh bugger, that's a right pain. 86kt is pretty serious stuff! I take the forecast deteriorated?
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I messaged the marina staff, 96 knots it topped out at over at the lock, its the most wind they have seen in the marina, like, ever... a week after my deck tent goes up... bleeding typical :encouragement:. This is turning less into a deck painting project, more into a deck tent one :)
 
I hope you'll forgive the thread resurrection but my questions follow on directly from this and also from Mark Ryan's helpful article in December PBO. I could contact him by PM but I imagine others' might be interested in following his method of using a deck tent over winter.

Mark, if you are there (or anyone who has done this) I'm heading down the same road as you but will use International Perfection Pro for the gloss areas (and Kiwigrip on the non-slip) as it apparently gives good results just with a smooth foam roller without tipping-off. There are bigger demands with regards to conditions so I'll be looking to paint at a relative humidity of 70% or less and a surface temperature of 15C plus.

So my question is how achievable was it to get those kind of conditions with the tent in Feb? I read you were planning to arrive early get some heat on in the boat plus dehumidifier and then paint when temperatures and humidity were first suitable and before the boat cooled down with dangers of condensation. How well did that plan work out?
 
No sign of Mark Ryan by PM or any other means. But I've bumped this in case others have experience of painting under a deck tent during winter.
 
Poey50 said:
So my question is how achievable was it to get those kind of conditions with the tent in Feb? I read you were planning to arrive early get some heat on in the boat plus dehumidifier and then paint when temperatures and humidity were first suitable and before the boat cooled down with dangers of condensation. How well did that plan work out?
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With apologies for the second thread resurrection. (It is Easter after all ...).

I've nearly finished the painting and I can now answer my own question having previously scoured this forum and the internet for answers and with even Mark Ryan going temporarily awol.

The thing I have most learned about painting within tent is that, as long as there is a little bit of weak sunlight then the conditions are good for two-pack painting (temperature somewhere between 15C and 25C and relative humidity below 70% - in fact often between 45 - 60%). I have a fan heater and dehumidifier and these can help in otherwise marginal conditions but are not as influential as the presence or absence of radiant heat from a peek of sun..

Yesterday was the first day I had to abandon a full day of painting. I did several hours in the morning with wind and rain lashing but a bit of brightness kept conditions good. But as it really set in around 2.00pm and the weak sun disappeared I had to stop. I think it was about 7-8 degrees outside the tent with biblical rain and wind at times but even then the ambient temperature in the main part of the tent was 14C and 62% relative humidity which seems remarkable. However my free phone app (Dewpoint Calcule from Play Store) gave a dewpoint of 6.8C. International recommend not painting unless the substrate temperature is dewpoint + 3C and unfortunately quite a lot of the cockpit grp had dropped below 10C (measured on my brilliant Ebay laser thermometer).

But, in summary, even with the Winter / Spring we have had, two pack painting under a deck tent is quite achievable. In fact I think it might be worse to do it in the summer when it would be necessary to increase ventilation. I'm also happy to report that I have only had to remove one small stuck fly and, with all the rain, dust has not been a problem.
 
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Poey50 said:
With apologies for the second thread resurrection. (It is Easter after all ...).

I've nearly finished the painting and I can now answer my own question having previously scoured this forum and the internet for answers and with even Mark Ryan going temporarily awol.

The thing I have most learned about painting within tent is that, as long as there is a little bit of weak sunlight then the conditions are good for two-pack painting (temperature somewhere between 15C and 25C and relative humidity below 70% - in fact often between 45 - 60%). I have a fan heater and dehumidifier and these can help in otherwise marginal conditions but are not as influential as the presence or absence of radiant heat from a peek of sun..

Yesterday was the first day I had to abandon a full day of painting. I did several hours in the morning with wind and rain lashing but a bit of brightness kept conditions good. But as it really set in around 2.00pm and the weak sun disappeared I had to stop. I think it was about 7-8 degrees outside the tent with biblical rain and wind at times but even then the ambient temperature in the main part of the tent was 14C and 62% relative humidity which seems remarkable. However my free phone app (Dewpoint Calcule from Play Store) gave a dewpoint of 6.8C. International recommend not painting unless the substrate temperature is dewpoint + 3C and unfortunately quite a lot of the cockpit grp had dropped below 10C (measured on my brilliant Ebay laser thermometer).

But, in summary, even with the Winter / Spring we have had, two pack painting under a deck tent is quite achievable. In fact I think it might be worse to do it in the summer when it would be necessary to increase ventilation. I'm also happy to report that I have only had to remove one small stuck fly and, with all the rain, dust has not been a problem.
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Apologies I went AWOL - flipping day job getting in the way of important boat fiddling. I have to publish my full write up of the boat deck painting epic (8k words!) on my website, as PBO abridged it to a miserly 2k works to make it fit in six pages inside its hallowed sheets. Well done for getting the job achieved! Bit of a monster isn’t it? Very rewarding though and it just keeps on giving, every time I clean my deck and she comes up looking brilliant I thank the earlier me that did all that flipping graft.
 
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