Sadly, the previous owner painted the deck and cabin with outdoor home water based paint. Now what do I do?
On a Cal 2-29 the boom is without a track on the bottom side. Is there an off-the-shelf bracket that can be used to hold sheet blocks to the...
I want to build an ultra cheap barge. Do y'all think a 4 foot by 8 foot square skift is the way to go? Gonna use it to redo my topsides.
According to the latest from West System that's all that is needed if you are using their GFlex product. They discontinued their aluminum prep...
The aluminum inner skin will be flat in the range of a 1/1000 th of an inch. Plus it will be suited for hard points and treaded holes. The outer...
Yup. it will get abused, it's in our shop. Thanks for the heads up. No use spending more than I need, especially for no real gain. Fiberglass...
The panels are roughly triangular, with an 18" base and 24" height. I think I am in overkill territory anyway. So maybe other consideration...
The core is end grain, so the out panel will be in almost pure tensile loads, the inherent stiffness, as you said, won't have much effect. The...
Hey Guys, I'm building some small panels and trying to eliminate flex in multiple directions. It will have some point loads and will need to be...
OK guys, thanks for the input, and warnings. If they (the porthole frames) end up being teak, I will resaw the wood I have and make the whole...
By the way, you don't get any appreciable humidity cycles when you encapsulate wood in epoxy.
I have been building boat parts for the last 45 years. I have proven so many naysayers wrong in my time. What's 2 more? I was hoping for some...
Why do you think they will leak?
I may create several pieces with small miters and router it out afterwards. I was thinking at one point to dado the back and epoxy in the...
It's a Pearson 35. I will be coating them with West System 207 Ultra Clear on all surfaces prior to installing, and then many coats of Spar...
What do y'all think about making porthole frames out of teak?
I spoke to West Systems today. They informed me that White Oak is OK to use. They did however, suggest that I use the G-Flex product, rough up...
Pearson screwed the superstructure down to the hull. Then they screwed the teak toe rail down to that. Of course it leaks, and not just leaks,...
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There is a cleaner known as Awesome Cleaner you find it at the dollar store. It is like 409 on steroids.
