my project sealine

Elessar said:
this is all an experiment. I am using the glue recommended by the wood supplier (robbins)
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This thread came to the fore again this week (I missed it when it was all happening at the end of last year. Can I just say to all you posters what a great help it is to us newbies. Elessar, all you said is "(robbins)" and a whole new world is opening up to me. I was wondering the where's and the how's for replacing wood veneers and just saying their name, meant I could go and find their website and after several years of having it in my mind (somewhere at the back), find all the answers.

Apart from the great postings you are doing, these pointers are invaluable for us. Thanks ( to you and all the others that do the same)

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Tender_aft said:
This thread came to the fore again this week (I missed it when it was all happening at the end of last year. Can I just say to all you posters what a great help it is to us newbies. Elessar, all you said is "(robbins)" and a whole new world is opening up to me. I was wondering the where's and the how's for replacing wood veneers and just saying their name, meant I could go and find their website and after several years of having it in my mind (somewhere at the back), find all the answers.

Apart from the great postings you are doing, these pointers are invaluable for us. Thanks ( to you and all the others that do the same)

'</end of sycophantic message><return to normal mode>
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Hi I've just seen this reply - there will be more about the veneer process to come, but Robbins Timber is a supplier of wood and they specialise in marine stuff.
 
Passed the coding today :)

It has also been warm enough to stick the teak down at last, so first a bit on that.

This is a picture of the back of the "teak". The quality still impresses me.
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Most of it is on - this one is one you have to walk on, so Paul has made a load spreader whilst the glue cures so you don't see footprints in compressed glue.
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It is weighted down whilst curing. That's the grit used for blasting metal BTW - we use powdered, recycled glass bottles on GRP.
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So the glue area is masked and the glue spread.

The teak is carefully laid, the hard bit is that you cant see the edge of the masking tape as it's covered in adhesive. You have to make little scrape backs with a stick every 6" or so to see the edge of the tape.
Clearly not too hard as he didn't put his fag out!
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A roller is then used to remove any bubbles before weighting it down. We don't own vac bag kit or we would have used it.

You then take a sharp blade to cut off the excess and remove the tape.
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A teeny bead of silicone to finish as the glue isn't UV stable. The close up shows the quality of the end result. Pleased as punch.
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(flash reflections on water beads on the wood not silicone contamination)

Coding report to follow.
 
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petem said:
Very nice. Looking forward to seeing the interior pics.
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Not much to show yet. Will have oaked the aft cabin by the end of the week, the rest is on hold until her first couple of charters are out of the way. Then it's carpet and upholstery and oak panels one at a time so she is available for boating at all times, getting bored of her being in bits now.
I still have the lovverly mustard carpet at the mo, will be like that for a couple of months yet.
 
Blimey, wouldn't have tried doing that 'teak' on the bathing platform while the boat was in the water. Obviously confident in his ability :-)
 
Interesting what you say about the load spreader and then show photos of the installer treading on other sections of the installed teak without a load spreader. Why was it not needed there?

It looks great, a very impressive result.
 
longjohnsilver said:
Interesting what you say about the load spreader and then show photos of the installer treading on other sections of the installed teak without a load spreader. Why was it not needed there?

It looks great, a very impressive result.
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Thank you!

Because it was 3 days later so it had cured. The last bit was left till last because it was impossible not to be standing on other bits whilst doing it, or standing on that whilst doing other bits if you see what I mean. Spreaders were used everywhere anyone walked whilst it was setting. I wasn't there when he did the first bit so I photographed the last bit.
 
Following the final coding inspection yesterday and sign off I am looking forward to taking delivery of my new school boat:rolleyes: completes the fleet now of 2 coded motor cruisers and 1 coded rib. ;)
 
Hi Mark, cannot believe how much progress you've made already. We should be down at the weekend and will pop over to say hello and have another looksee if that's ok. cheers Gary
 
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