Murv
Well-Known Member
And so what, I hear you cry?
Well, I'm proud of it, so there.
It's also nice to be able to post a picture of something I've done instead of just asking for help all the time.
OK, so the swim platform was't a major priority, but I took the timber home a while ago as it needed doing, the guys are in today to change the cambelt so it needed to go back on to make it easier for them to scrabble in and out of the boat.
Sadly, the impact of my thread is a bit lost as I didn't take a "before" picture...
But, the stainless was dirty and rusty in places and the timber was covered in old polyurethane varnish that had cracked and split, letting water underneath and algae to flourish. You can see a bit of it in the cleat photo below:
So, hours and hours (and hours) of stripping, scraping and chipping away and finally got the old stuff off.
Then discovered one end of the timber was rotten.
Scraped the manky bits out, luckily the bolt hole surround was unaffected and then soaked some wood hardener into the good wood left.
After that, made a sort of "shuttering" from old plastic, and filled the void with epoxy.
Once set, sanded it down, looks OK! (it's on the underside so not visible when fitted)
Couple of coats of oil, and refitted this morning, looks a lot better.
Just need to sort the rest of the boat now!
Well, I'm proud of it, so there.
It's also nice to be able to post a picture of something I've done instead of just asking for help all the time.
OK, so the swim platform was't a major priority, but I took the timber home a while ago as it needed doing, the guys are in today to change the cambelt so it needed to go back on to make it easier for them to scrabble in and out of the boat.
Sadly, the impact of my thread is a bit lost as I didn't take a "before" picture...
But, the stainless was dirty and rusty in places and the timber was covered in old polyurethane varnish that had cracked and split, letting water underneath and algae to flourish. You can see a bit of it in the cleat photo below:
So, hours and hours (and hours) of stripping, scraping and chipping away and finally got the old stuff off.
Then discovered one end of the timber was rotten.
Scraped the manky bits out, luckily the bolt hole surround was unaffected and then soaked some wood hardener into the good wood left.
After that, made a sort of "shuttering" from old plastic, and filled the void with epoxy.
Once set, sanded it down, looks OK! (it's on the underside so not visible when fitted)
Couple of coats of oil, and refitted this morning, looks a lot better.
Just need to sort the rest of the boat now!
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