striperick Posted April 24, 2016 Report Share Posted April 24, 2016 Russel Nice work. What color is that on the topsides ? Awlgrip seashell green ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
russell Posted April 25, 2016 Author Report Share Posted April 25, 2016 The color is Jade from Glidden, It'd a porch and deck single part poly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Action Tiger Posted April 25, 2016 Report Share Posted April 25, 2016 Poach and flow paint?! Man after my own heart. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chick Ludwig Posted April 25, 2016 Report Share Posted April 25, 2016 Awwww Tiger.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Action Tiger Posted April 25, 2016 Report Share Posted April 25, 2016 Oh, heart I got, it's courage and them head stuffings I'm asking after. Seriously, though, for a dry launched boat, not many tougher paints, for the price, than those meant to be trod upon by grandma's walker. And, it's poly paint, too, so there's that. Plus, I am a sucker for light colored, non-white boats. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
russell Posted September 3, 2016 Author Report Share Posted September 3, 2016 Thought I'd update a bit, notice I have deviated form the original plan, didn't like the closed in pilot house, decided to make a picnic boat style looks much like the OB20 but at 24' Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keen2buildagain Posted September 5, 2016 Report Share Posted September 5, 2016 Looking good Russell, how do you intend to finish off the ply edges along the gunnels? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
russell Posted September 5, 2016 Author Report Share Posted September 5, 2016 I am not sure at this point, I made some mistakes along the way and the bow area didn't fit as well as it should be. I think I will make a cap rail to cover the edge and double as a toe rail. Someone told me along the way "it's not whether you make mistakes---" it's how well you cover them up what counts" I'm an expert in the cover up part! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chick Ludwig Posted September 5, 2016 Report Share Posted September 5, 2016 "it's not whether you make mistakes---" it's how well you cover them up what counts" I've repeated that on the forum somewhere. It's a loose quote of what Graham told me once. I'm a pretty good coverer-upper myself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keen2buildagain Posted September 6, 2016 Report Share Posted September 6, 2016 Sorry if you took my question the wrong way, I suffer from foot-in-mouth sometimes....what I was trying to describe, was the top edge of the ply around the inside of the gunnel (is it the inwale?) and where it tapers down to the stern. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
russell Posted September 6, 2016 Author Report Share Posted September 6, 2016 It's like in a country song," I've never been this far before" every day I work on this project is new ground for me. I spend more time in my "moaning chair" than actual work on the boat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Action Tiger Posted September 6, 2016 Report Share Posted September 6, 2016 Russell, I prefer to call it a Perspective Chair. Stay positive! Pretty soon you can write your own country song, called I Built a Sweet Looking Boat, Baby. I think good songs always have Baby in the title, right? Either way, keep it up. You are getting so very close... Peace, Robert Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hirilonde Posted September 6, 2016 Report Share Posted September 6, 2016 I think good songs always have Baby in the title, right? It is required, just like FROG pictures in the Kudzu section. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
russell Posted September 8, 2016 Author Report Share Posted September 8, 2016 In an answer to the question regarding the ply at the rear gunnel, I read somewhere that might be called a "wash board" and if there is a board on the inside at the floor it might be called a "mop board", I am unsure how to cover the top of the ply, one way would be to round it over and apply several coats of epoxy to seal the edges and another way would be to overlay a cap on the edge. I would like to know how to make the cap flexible enough to make the bends necessary for the sharp curves? I like that look but don't know the how to. Welcome any suggestions form you all, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Action Tiger Posted September 8, 2016 Report Share Posted September 8, 2016 Well, I'm a little gun shy, now, but... Russell, can you post a pic of the area you're trying to cover/fix. I'm having trouble visualizing the aft ply you are trying to cover, but I'd like to be able to try to offer some advice, or my idea, or ideas. Anyway, you're boat is looking fantastic, so I'm sure you'll figure out a good way, too. Peace, Robert Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
russell Posted September 8, 2016 Author Report Share Posted September 8, 2016 I the pictures above look at the upper right picture of the cockpit the top side boards reaching to the stern. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Action Tiger Posted September 8, 2016 Report Share Posted September 8, 2016 I think we're on the same page, now. Give me a bit to sketch up an idea or two and I'll put them up here. I'm thinking you want to cover the coaming top with a cap of some sort to protect the ply edge. Peace, Robert Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Action Tiger Posted September 8, 2016 Report Share Posted September 8, 2016 Russell, I think you mean to cap the coaming. These are some rough sketches. The caps I've used have all been solid wood, and simple caps, like the one on the top left, but a rebated cap would also work well and look snazzy. A false rebate, of sorts, can be made by using a top cap, and a separate piece of wood on the side. For the shapely ends, you can either laminate thinnish strips of solid wood to the shape, then scarf them into the solid caps, or you could cut a solid piece to the curvy shape, and use one solid piece of wood. These solid wood end pieces would also be scarfed into the other cap piece(s). Anywho, that's what I would do for that problem. I hope I was helpful. Peace, Robert Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PAR Posted September 8, 2016 Report Share Posted September 8, 2016 I've done dozens of end caps like that and I've found only the tightest curves need that many laminations. For a boat of your size a couple of layers is all you'll need. Use a heat gun to dry fit the pieces and tack them down for a day or two so they'll "take a set" and remember their position. They'll spring back a little, but not so much to make gluing them in place very difficult. Lastly on the top of the curve, I usually let the upper cap piece cover the bent stuff. I usually take a belt sander and just whack off the tops of the laminate, until it's flush with the bottom of where the cap piece will live. My thought is it prevents moisture, from getting into the joint from above. Essentially, the cap is laminated in place and fine tuned after the goo cures. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keen2buildagain Posted September 9, 2016 Report Share Posted September 9, 2016 Thanks men, all good advice, that just about "covers" the question I had. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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