a beautiful boat should sail forever.
DECK THE HALLS!!!!!
Unbelieveably, the weather made me do it. I have gotten the whole new rebuilt deck glassed for winter!!yeehaw! Of course, they are in no way finished, but by gosh they are waterproof.
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Comment by bob mitchell on November 24, 2012 at 7:52pm
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I don't know what I am going to use. I am much better at structure than cosmetics. I will definitely have to do a non skid deck (after I sand out the boundaries of various layers of fiberglass, etc. Still have finish coat of resin, at a minimum to go. But I didn't want to sweat winter rain and snow - so, actually, I feel better about the project than I ever have. There are no more suprises, no take this fiberglass off, and oh god, here I go again. I have a friend who is good at cosmetics, and he is going to help - sand - I believe we are going to use real sand. My winter project is the chine and random gussets that have not been replaced, along with a stacked bulwark. I appreciate you guys, and wish you were not so far away, so I could aggravate Jasper - or at least do a little carpentry with him.
I am also really excited that Chas stumbled on the site. Did I say stumbled? That was what I was doing after a litytle wisdon on Bowen island.
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Comment by Jasper & Karen on November 24, 2012 at 2:40pm
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Well done, Bob!
I envy you those smooth, new decks! I sanded ours forever before repainting with non-skid and it still didn't stick. What will you use for non-skid? I tried Brightside with the synthetic sand added and didn't like the result--too hard to get the roller-marks out so it always looked patchy and now it looks patchy with white bits showing through. Next time, the grinder!
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