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Scott Dunsworth

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  1. I don't understand this cypress thing. I used cypress to plank my 28, with no issues. It quite simply drank in the epoxy like water at first wetting. Maybe it was the species of cypress that I used. My way of thinking is if you have a chemical bond from deep in the wood to the outside of the glass sheathing,  is the best it gets.

  2. Found some clear W cedar 2x6's today to cut my new planking from, it was a bit pricey but I didn't need much. Going to get a cove & bead bit from duckworks to mill these.

    I haven't been to the B&B mess-about for three or four years, going to try and make it this year and bring this pile of lumber with me if I can get it finished.

     

    Scott

  3. Paint can be a subject like brands of tools. Folks get dug it and it takes a chlorine bomb to get them out of the trench's.  I'm that way for sure. I don't have experience with other brands of two part, but I do with Epiphanes. It just seems to flow out very well and has incredible gloss to it. After going through the one part marine paints thing, I would never paint anything I was going to keep with anything else but two part. Interior of a cabin is a different story, two or one part will be fine there. I have had rust stains and bird decoration's that just scrub right off of two part, that would be a permeant part of the boat with even the high end one part paints.

    I've made the mistake of trying to save a few bucks on the finish, never again will that happen. To much time and dollars go into these boats we build, to cut costs at the end, just to have to do it all over in a couple of years. If you aren't going to use the boat very much and keep it in a garage you may get good results from one part.

    I'm just trying to give the first timer a little boost to spend the extra 1/3 to 1/2 in dollars,  paint money on the real thing the first time.:) You will not be sorry.

    Two part is not anymore toxic than one part if it isn't SPRAYED So just do it right the first time and enjoy.

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  4. A friend just sent me these links, thought I would share them. Painting seems to cause a lot of anxieties some times.

     

    We have been working on some videos about the process that are just being released (this morning actually).  We now have eliminated the tipping part of the "roll and tip" method, which we have found to be unnecessary when using our paint (this greatly simplifies the process).  Below are the links.  Just paste them into your browser and have a look!

    Surface Prep -        https://vimeo.com/252520023
    Primer App. -        https://vimeo.com/252553405
    Finish Coat App. -    https://vimeo.com/252757344
          


    Joel Valley
    70 Water Street,
    Thomaston, Maine
    207-354-0804 
    Epifanes North America Inc.

  5. Randy you really worried me when you told me what you had planned! But she looks really:) Nice!:)   Like that you also redone the cockpit locker lids like Graham designed them. I hated the ones I did almost from the start. So glad you are using and caring for her, I spent a lot of time and miles with this little boat. There's not a week that goes by that I don't think about building another.

     

    You did a good job of the modifications, but I still like ;)yellow.:rolleyes:

     

    Scott

  6. I thought I had over twenty ribs already cut but only had 7, I cut these about 7 years ago and ether lost some or didn't have as many as thought. Started after they were in the steam box for half hour at 200 degrees. The first one was mid ship and was the most difficult for some reason. They actually got easier the closer we got to the transom. Maybe the longer they were in the box made it go smoother. By the time the last one went in it had been in the box for a hour and half. Used a temporary screw through the rib and into the old spray rail which served as a clamp to put the last bit of the rib tight into the bend.

    Over all went smoothly. Post a few pictures tomorrow.

  7. Got some strips soaking in a tube yesterday. Got the steam box pretty much finished also. Now if I could just get some weather warm enough the steam doesn't freeze in the air. Looks like Monday it will get up to 40 around here after two weeks of teens for highs and singles for lows.

    So the plan is to give this a try on Monday sometime.

    PAR the end grain in the cut strips are flat, hope this is good. If not, going to try them anyway and see what happens. My old Sony cam uses a 3 1/2 disc and just wont show something that close and detailed. Some will find it hard to believe that someone still has a:o 3 1/2 inch floppy on their pc, but I do, also I still use a flip phone. :)

  8. If I would have noticed the sail number 39 I would have known it wasn't yours. It's on a tandem axle trailer also.

    It looks like yours was inspiration for it for sure. That was a pretty boat. I looked at your Princess before I built my Belhaven and thought it was to big of a project for me at the time for my little shop. You were gone somewhere at the time, Graham gave me directions to where your boat was at. That was the first time I got lost in NC, trying to find it.

    You sure have built some beautiful boats, you should keep one sometime:).

  9. See related image detailI got some of this stuff from my marina, spray it on the stain, when the stain is gone just rinse.

    It cleaned up black and gray stains I couldn't get off our Islander with the pressure washer, quickly and Easy. I had tried simple green, Clorox cleanup, 409, greased lightning among other thing without luck.  That's a fiberglass boat don't know if it's safe for painted surfaces. Wish I had this stuff to clean the epoxy bottom paint on my Belhaven. It was painted with interlux VC and stained real easy.

    I don't put much faith in magic cleaners, or earth friendly products but this stuff works and really easy.

    Scott

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