Painted Mattress Survival Boat

Step 2 Paint

It doesn't much matter what kind of goop you use to seal the cloth of this short-term boat.
If you plan to continue using your boat for a mattress, latex paint will breathe more than the others and be a nicer sleeping surface.
If you're just in a hurry to float, consider paint, tar, varnish, linseed oil, crisco, lard, butter, heavy grease, wax, etc

There is something very wrong with the labeling on this paint can.
See all the words on this paint can? Notice that "PAINT" isn't one of them?
What the hell is all the rest of that gibberish there for? Deep Base? Is it full of CDs of dance music?
How many years of schooling and experience did the label design committee, marketing team, etc have? I'd guess thousands.
Humanity are the world's craziest people.
No wonder so many of them live below sea level in hurricane country in carefully planned disaster traps.

But it's not just OTHER PEOPLE who are insane. You dear reader, active citizen in the "world's greatest democracy", are part a giant insane committee.
It is YOUR dumb engineering megaprojects that channel the rivers and make barrier islands wash away. It is YOUR taxes that pay for it.

Comments

[geckomage]

good thing i live ontop of a large hill that never floods. lmao xD and you're grossly stereotyping everyone, and most of the people on here arent going to be like that. and im sure it makes most people want to quit reading your instructable right here. thats what im doing :P peace

[redcore4]

You underestimate your audience. I am not a US citizen - this website is more global than that!

[melissa_b04]

i concur. I wish there was a like button similar to FaceBook

[edenecke]

It doesn't say paint, because it's enamel (a type of paint)

[Kayla Ree]

uhm well most of us Americans and other international citizens have enough knowledge and common sense that we know enamel means paint. its not the world's fault or any of our faults that you've been locked in a cellar for 30 years and don't know that the world isn't perfect.
but thank you for the stereotyping in your intro. really makes me want to rate your instructable.

[KingOfCatfish]

and I feel the need to agree Kayla Ree. . .

[Kayla Ree]

thank you KingOfCatfish. at least I know I'm not the only one with common sense.

[KingOfCatfish]

Common sense, if you could bottle it you would be a millionaire!
Oh well, I'm just a young white male from Texas. So according to stereotypes, I must be a racist, pro slavery, inbred bigot that has received no education, a drunk, and probably have a few speech impediments. Oh wait, on second thought. . . Ha-ha!

[Kayla Ree]

hhahahaha that had me laughing forever!, according to the list of stereotypes on google, I don't have a religion, so I must be evil and have no morals. I have straight A's, so I must have no social life. I'm a girl who actually eats lunch, so I must be fat. stereotypes are stupid, if you ask me. what has America come to . we judge people by what they do, how they look, or what they believe, instead of actually getting to know them,

[KingOfCatfish]

Aww, so much truth in an Instructables comment! ha-ha! But stereotyping is not just an American niche though! Oh well. I'll just stay in my zombie shelter and wait for my chance to start a colony of survivors. . . muahaha!

[Kayla Ree]

oooh. zombie shelter, nice idea for an instructable:) id join your colony of survivors.

[KingOfCatfish]

Sweet! There is just one rule, and that is, DON'T DIE!!!!

[Kayla Ree]

okay, i think i can handle not dieing. oh, you forgot double tap:) i love zombieland.

[KingOfCatfish]

Oh, if we're surviving together you should know my name. I'm Ethan, and my friends call me Gary

[KingOfCatfish]

Double tap for sure!!! And I have the firearms, as well as survival and camping gear. I can survive in the middle of no where, lol
And now I want a twinkie, haha!

[Kayla Ree]

Hello Ethan:) why Gary?? eeeww! twinkies are so gross!lol.

[KingOfCatfish]

The nick name is a really long story. I said Twinkies because of Zombieland. Oh, and I guess your name is Kayla?

[Kayla Ree]

oh.ok:) yeah, i get it, because Tallahassee wanted a twinkie, but every box they found was blown up.haha ima little slow:) and yes my name is Kayla, short for Mikayla.

[KingOfCatfish]

lol, and I do love Twinkies! And I doubt that you're slow!
I knew a Mikayla, lol, and I do now!

[Kayla Ree]

ewww. they're so nasty though. and some days..i am a bit slow. well, i dont think i've ever known anyone named Ethan before, so i guess your the first : ) but i do know a Gary, and he's a jerk. i bet the Mikayla you know doesn't spell it the same way i do:)

[KingOfCatfish]

lol. Well I have an inner fatty that loves them. I can eat my wait in junk food and not gain an ounce!.
Since that Gary was a jerk, let's go with Ethan, ha-ha.
And actually she did! But I haven't seen here in months! blaahhhh

[Kayla Ree]

haha.my bestfriend, Mikaela, can eat everything and shes like a twig. but i bet she'll be huge when shes 40. ok , Ethan sounds good:) really? i have never met anyone who spells it the same way.

[KingOfCatfish]

lol. probably xD. Yeah, it was cool, but she was really quite and shy, lol

[Kayla Ree]

im pretty quiet, not really shy. but you know what they say, watch out for the quiet ones, theyre most likely to be planning your demise^_^

[KingOfCatfish]

lol. I'm usually quite too! Well, until I get comfortable, then I get talky

[Kayla Ree]

yeah,lol, i guess thats true. if i know the person im talking to then im really loud and talkative, sometimes obnoxious:)but i f i have no idea who they are, then i dont usually talk.
Do you like john lennon?

[KingOfCatfish]

hahaha, very nice!
I haven't really ever listened to him. Why do you ask?

[Kayla Ree]

i dont know, i was listening to give peace a chance while i was replying to your comment. i needed something else to say, it looked to short : )

[KingOfCatfish]

lol. Very nice Mikayla. Have you ever heard pf MCR? They are my favorite band!

[Kayla Ree]

by MCR, do you mean My Chemical Romance? then yes, i have. welcome to the black parade is my favorite.hmm...my favorite band would be...Evan & Jaron, Lifehouse, or The Goo Goo Dolls. i dont know, i just can't choose:)

[KingOfCatfish]

haha! That sounds pretty sweet! MCR is coming out with a new album in less than a month!!!!! You should listen to their new son "Na na na na" on YouTube

[Kayla Ree]

ok i will when i get home, the firewall won't let me on here:( i may have to buy this cd....: )

[nashamuq]

I like how both of your convo became online flirting. hope it got u two somewhere

[joe.esq1]

aww, cute, Kayla and KingofCatfish can do an 'ible on web macking!!

not a dig, I was entertained at work by the convo!

[Kayla Ree]

what are you talking about? two people cant just simply talk anymore?? i was new to i'bles and i didnt know there was a pm button.

[hossweightlifter]

there is?-

[richie_114]

*Laughs. I have no idea why, But I read all of that.

[melissa_b04]

ahh me too! I geuss I got some sort of entertainment from that. Weird since I'm not a fan of reality t.v. Maybet cuz I am bored at work. Yep... that'll do it. Kaylee and KOC, ya'll seem alright. 2 people talking about zombie 'pocolyse and music. Ahhh.. good times.

[richie_114]

LMAO!

[zombie1974]

Oh, I think it's fine to inject a little commentary. I'm sure there's plenty of commentary on other instructables about how global warming is a myth, trickle-down theory works great, etc.