Gerhard
07-18-2008, 08:59 PM
Hello
First time on this forum.
I was reading an article in this forum about a guy that didn't know if he should put a glass or plastic windshield on his boat. The answer was simple, if money is no issue definetly glass. I had to use lexan, an ok plastic. An old trick to keeping the plastic windsheild clear looking is that when the plastic gets milky looking with time , go over it with a heat gun. A trick that I learnt from cutting plexi shelving. The cut edge is allways white . If you go over the edge with a heat gun, the edge turns clear. I tried the heat gun on my boat windsheild when it became milky, cleared it up nicely.
Saying that, I can't leave without bragging a bit about my boat project. My neibour had an old craftliner aluminum boat sitting in his back yard for , he said 25 to 30 years. I bothered him for a few years to sell it to me. I told him that I would turn that old boat into a boat that would turn heads. Got his curiousoty up , and he sold me the boat. Took a year of my spare time to strip everything out of that boat and to rebiuld it. Made the top out of mahogany. The windsheild frame is also mahogany. Built a form to bend the wood for the windshield. 3/16 by 3/16" strips all glued together with epoxy specually made for boats. final coat marine varnish. On top of the windshield , all inclosed in mahogany is a hidden flip out tarp that goes over the two front seats. When we took the boat for her maiden voyage someone on the pier said , what a beatifull old girl. The wife blushed and said thank you. I whispered to her , not you, the boat.
First time on this forum.
I was reading an article in this forum about a guy that didn't know if he should put a glass or plastic windshield on his boat. The answer was simple, if money is no issue definetly glass. I had to use lexan, an ok plastic. An old trick to keeping the plastic windsheild clear looking is that when the plastic gets milky looking with time , go over it with a heat gun. A trick that I learnt from cutting plexi shelving. The cut edge is allways white . If you go over the edge with a heat gun, the edge turns clear. I tried the heat gun on my boat windsheild when it became milky, cleared it up nicely.
Saying that, I can't leave without bragging a bit about my boat project. My neibour had an old craftliner aluminum boat sitting in his back yard for , he said 25 to 30 years. I bothered him for a few years to sell it to me. I told him that I would turn that old boat into a boat that would turn heads. Got his curiousoty up , and he sold me the boat. Took a year of my spare time to strip everything out of that boat and to rebiuld it. Made the top out of mahogany. The windsheild frame is also mahogany. Built a form to bend the wood for the windshield. 3/16 by 3/16" strips all glued together with epoxy specually made for boats. final coat marine varnish. On top of the windshield , all inclosed in mahogany is a hidden flip out tarp that goes over the two front seats. When we took the boat for her maiden voyage someone on the pier said , what a beatifull old girl. The wife blushed and said thank you. I whispered to her , not you, the boat.