Today I started a new project: deck painting. I have begun sanding the smooth parts of the deck and giving them a first coat of International Perfection Mediterranean White 2-part polyurethane gloss finish. Still a lot of parts to be painted and repainted. And then the non-skid parts... This will take me several weekends. But the effect is great. Iris is beginning to look very shiny and sexy. In the photograph the now much whiter band at the height of the portholes is recently painted.