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wrote:
On Oct 21, 9:24 pm, Wayne.B wrote:
On Mon, 22 Oct 2007 01:06:00 -0000,
wrote:

Kind
of like making a boat out of a sheet of Formica.
Makes it easy to match up the grain and color. :-)

Bill O'neil (sp?) from Seaworthy systems, may he rest in peace,
brought me to his home one day and showed me the 50 foot sailboat they
were building over on South Cove in Essex. The whole interior was done
in pigmented composite wainscoat and various types of cabinsole
colored and painted to look like wood, right down to 3d grain the guys
at the shop built into the molds. He trimmed that with real wood,
cherry, maple, and walnut iirc.. It was a beautiful mix of old school
and new technology. But all the white and main woodwork was completely
maintenance free.

Formica is a composite. It's okay for a countertop.

Pigmented composite wainscote sounds like a material I wouldn't want to
see on a boat. Composite what?