Comments on: Penobscot 14 – Planking, Planking, Planking http://tampa-bay-sailing-blog.com/archives/870 Sailing The Tampa Bay Area and Beyond Wed, 28 Jul 2010 17:31:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: RumHead http://tampa-bay-sailing-blog.com/archives/870/comment-page-1#comment-501 RumHead Sat, 18 Jul 2009 19:44:54 +0000 http://tampa-bay-sailing-blog.com/?p=870#comment-501 Hey Eric - the counter sinking ensures that they are below the surface of the plywood. Then I fill them with expoxy and sand them flush. Somehow, some people put wood plugs in all the holes and finish the outside of the hull bright. There's no way I have that much ambition. Going to be painted an eggshell or Hatteras white. Hey Eric – the counter sinking ensures that they are below the surface of the plywood. Then I fill them with expoxy and sand them flush. Somehow, some people put wood plugs in all the holes and finish the outside of the hull bright. There’s no way I have that much ambition. Going to be painted an eggshell or Hatteras white.

]]> By: Eric http://tampa-bay-sailing-blog.com/archives/870/comment-page-1#comment-500 Eric Sat, 18 Jul 2009 18:58:10 +0000 http://tampa-bay-sailing-blog.com/?p=870#comment-500 Adding the wood stain to the epoxy is a great idea. Curious...are you having to counter sink each screw or do they pull in sufficiantly each time, to avoid having to sand or file the heads down? Adding the wood stain to the epoxy is a great idea.
Curious…are you having to counter sink each screw or do they pull in sufficiantly each time, to avoid having to sand or file the heads down?

]]> By: RumHead http://tampa-bay-sailing-blog.com/archives/870/comment-page-1#comment-499 RumHead Sat, 18 Jul 2009 03:29:51 +0000 http://tampa-bay-sailing-blog.com/?p=870#comment-499 Eric - building this boat truly is a zen thing. I love every minute of it, though sometimes I really wish it was already on water. Love the veggie chopper idea. I've been putting a few drops of mahagony stain in my expoxy with the regular white cabosil. It seems to work o.k. and turns the epoxy the same color as the wood will be when stained. So far, so good. Eric – building this boat truly is a zen thing. I love every minute of it, though sometimes I really wish it was already on water.
Love the veggie chopper idea. I’ve been putting a few drops of mahagony stain in my expoxy with the regular white cabosil. It seems to work o.k. and turns the epoxy the same color as the wood will be when stained. So far, so good.

]]> By: RumHead http://tampa-bay-sailing-blog.com/archives/870/comment-page-1#comment-498 RumHead Sat, 18 Jul 2009 02:56:57 +0000 http://tampa-bay-sailing-blog.com/?p=870#comment-498 Thanks for the alert - I know acetone has to be vile since it melts most plastics, but figured I didn't use it that often - but with all these boats, seems like it gets used a lot. I need to be more careful for sure - wanna sail for a long, long time. Thanks for the alert – I know acetone has to be vile since it melts most plastics, but figured I didn’t use it that often – but with all these boats, seems like it gets used a lot. I need to be more careful for sure – wanna sail for a long, long time.

]]> By: Eric Banner http://tampa-bay-sailing-blog.com/archives/870/comment-page-1#comment-496 Eric Banner Fri, 17 Jul 2009 16:22:52 +0000 http://tampa-bay-sailing-blog.com/?p=870#comment-496 Ain't boat building fun?! It can be a totally zen time and the creative juices really get to flowing. Amazing how you can come up with alternative equipment usage. I used ( and ruined ) a vegetable chopper to create my own wood filler aditive for the epoxy joints. Now...about that acetone...YIKES! Rubber gloves and respirator masks may be annoying...but they might prolong your sailing time! Yarrrr! Ain’t boat building fun?! It can be a totally zen time and the creative juices really get to flowing.
Amazing how you can come up with alternative equipment usage. I used ( and ruined ) a vegetable chopper to create my own wood filler aditive for the epoxy joints.
Now…about that acetone…YIKES!
Rubber gloves and respirator masks may be annoying…but they might prolong your sailing time!

Yarrrr!

]]> By: Bonafide http://tampa-bay-sailing-blog.com/archives/870/comment-page-1#comment-495 Bonafide Fri, 17 Jul 2009 16:00:23 +0000 http://tampa-bay-sailing-blog.com/?p=870#comment-495 Hey harda$$ ye best be using some gloves to handle that acetone as it has serious residual effects like shrinkage and droopage in the most personal spots. Seriously, while indispensable in a boat builders arsenal, acetone(among other powerful solvents) is extremely damaging when absorbed through your skin. Internal organs really don't like the stuff and youth only counteracts the damage for just so long. It eventually eats through almost any kind of rubber gloves I've found but just keep changing 'em. Hey the boat looks great. Keep it up....... Mike Hey harda$$ ye best be using some gloves to handle that acetone as it has serious residual effects like shrinkage and droopage in the most personal spots. Seriously, while indispensable in a boat builders arsenal, acetone(among other powerful solvents) is extremely damaging when absorbed through your skin. Internal organs really don’t like the stuff and youth only counteracts the damage for just so long. It eventually eats through almost any kind of rubber gloves I’ve found but just keep changing ‘em.
Hey the boat looks great. Keep it up…….
Mike

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