{"id":735,"date":"2009-09-04T10:27:52","date_gmt":"2009-09-04T14:27:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bob-easton.com\/blog\/?p=735"},"modified":"2021-09-19T18:52:22","modified_gmt":"2021-09-19T22:52:22","slug":"it-isnt-easy-bein-green","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bob-easton.com\/blog\/it-isnt-easy-bein-green\/","title":{"rendered":"It Isn&#8217;t Easy Bein&#8217; Green"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Well, actually it is. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=NZJxL3PrrLM\">Here<\/a> is a fabulous rendition of Kermit&#8217;s theme song. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=NZJxL3PrrLM\">Go listen to it<\/a>; I&#8217;ll be here when you get back.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bob-easton.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/bein_green.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-736\" title=\"bein green\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bob-easton.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/bein_green-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"bein green\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>I have often read that you can&#8217;t paint a lapstrake boat with a roller. So, I plundered through two coats of primer and the first coat of Kirby&#8217;s Bottle Green with a really good brush. A little bit of added <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jamestowndistributors.com\/userportal\/show_product.do?pid=174&amp;familyName=Flood+Penetrol\">Penetrol<\/a> made brushing easy, but my technique still creates lap marks. Then, I remembered the 4 inch rollers from another project. They work. Yes, you can paint a lapstrake boat with a roller. Just get the right size. Paint the lap edges with a brush and them roll on the rest. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kirbypaint.com\/\">Kirby&#8217;s paint<\/a> is fantastic. All the tiny bubbles from rolling gradually disappear with no need for tipping.<\/p>\n<p>Launch day is coming soon. &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Well, actually it is. Here is a fabulous rendition of Kermit&#8217;s theme song. Go listen to it; I&#8217;ll be here when you get back. I have often read that you can&#8217;t paint a lapstrake boat with a roller. So, I plundered through two coats of primer and the first coat of Kirby&#8217;s Bottle Green with [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[8,22,7],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-735","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-boatbuilding","7":"category-eva-won","8":"category-fiddlehead","9":"entry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bob-easton.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/735","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bob-easton.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bob-easton.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bob-easton.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bob-easton.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=735"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.bob-easton.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/735\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8233,"href":"https:\/\/www.bob-easton.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/735\/revisions\/8233"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bob-easton.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=735"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bob-easton.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=735"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bob-easton.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=735"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}