Primer coating of Deck Complete!

Finally finished primer coating the deck. I ended up applying 3 coats total. I tried a couple of different rollers and found that the best finish came with the sponge type roller vs the more traditional low nap "hair" type roller. The only downside with the sponge type roller is that the chemicals in the epoxy primer breaks down the material therefore you have to keep an eye on it and replace it once it starts getting somewhat limp!

Putting the blue painter's tape on it 3 different times was a bit of a pain, but worth it.

Overall it looks pretty good. There are some areas that could benefit from a little filler to smooth things out but most of them will ultimately end up under the non-skid therefore I'm not sure its worth the effort at this time.

I decided to wait on painting the deck until I sand the hull and primer/paint it. I'm pretty certain that there will be some vigorous sanding going on with the hull and there is no point in ruining the final finish!

We flipped the boat after the last coat dried and now it's time to start on the hull. Looks like another long sanding project to me!