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On Sun, 21 Nov 2010 14:09:00 -0500, Wayne.B
wrote: One of the joys of owning a boat with a lot of exterior wood trim is the maintenance work. With 29 years in the sun and salt air, the teak in our swim platorm was getting thin, brittle and badly worn. After several years of patchwork repairs it finally seemed time to do the job right and rebuild the entire thing. No problem. In exchange of about a boat buck for freshly milled teak strips and a few new tools, the job is well underway. Here's a picture of a new strip being sprung into place with clamps and spacers: http://img190.imageshack.us/img190/921/swimplatformconstructio.jpg Notice the reflections in that fine looking transom. :-) The strips are 15 feet long, 1 1/2 iches wide and about 7/8ths thick, approximately 25 board feet before milling. Any suggestions for how to finish the teak when it is finished? Beautiful. I'd have to do some research on finishing teak that's going to spend much of it's time quite wet. I suppose oil, like Tom said, would be a good way to go. At least you could rub a new coat on every time the wood dried. -- Hope you're having a great day! John H |
#12
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On Sun, 21 Nov 2010 14:09:00 -0500, wrote: One of the joys of owning a boat with a lot of exterior wood trim is the maintenance work. With 29 years in the sun and salt air, the teak in our swim platorm was getting thin, brittle and badly worn. After several years of patchwork repairs it finally seemed time to do the job right and rebuild the entire thing. No problem. In exchange of about a boat buck for freshly milled teak strips and a few new tools, the job is well underway. Here's a picture of a new strip being sprung into place with clamps and spacers: http://img190.imageshack.us/img190/921/swimplatformconstructio.jpg Notice the reflections in that fine looking transom. :-) The strips are 15 feet long, 1 1/2 iches wide and about 7/8ths thick, approximately 25 board feet before milling. Any suggestions for how to finish the teak when it is finished? Nope. It's very pretty, but maintaining it is too much like work. :) Though they are never as attractive as teak, I prefer aluminum or fiberglass swim platforms. |
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On 11/21/10 3:51 PM, YukonBound wrote:
"HarryK" wrote in message m... On 11/21/10 3:13 PM, YukonBound wrote: "Wayne.B" wrote in message ... One of the joys of owning a boat with a lot of exterior wood trim is the maintenance work. With 29 years in the sun and salt air, the teak in our swim platorm was getting thin, brittle and badly worn. After several years of patchwork repairs it finally seemed time to do the job right and rebuild the entire thing. No problem. In exchange of about a boat buck for freshly milled teak strips and a few new tools, the job is well underway. Here's a picture of a new strip being sprung into place with clamps and spacers: http://img190.imageshack.us/img190/921/swimplatformconstructio.jpg Notice the reflections in that fine looking transom. :-) The strips are 15 feet long, 1 1/2 iches wide and about 7/8ths thick, approximately 25 board feet before milling. Any suggestions for how to finish the teak when it is finished? I just used teak oil on the thwart of my daysailer. You shouldn't use esoteric boating words (thwart) in this newsgroup; some of the spoofers won't get it. ~~ Snerk ~~ I see what you mean! Now Don, do you really think anyone would think you and Harry are not up to your old tricks of insulting? Snerk -- Spoofers can go to Hell in a handbasket |
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"HarryK" wrote in message ...
On Sun, 21 Nov 2010 14:09:00 -0500, wrote: One of the joys of owning a boat with a lot of exterior wood trim is the maintenance work. With 29 years in the sun and salt air, the teak in our swim platorm was getting thin, brittle and badly worn. After several years of patchwork repairs it finally seemed time to do the job right and rebuild the entire thing. No problem. In exchange of about a boat buck for freshly milled teak strips and a few new tools, the job is well underway. Here's a picture of a new strip being sprung into place with clamps and spacers: http://img190.imageshack.us/img190/921/swimplatformconstructio.jpg Notice the reflections in that fine looking transom. :-) The strips are 15 feet long, 1 1/2 iches wide and about 7/8ths thick, approximately 25 board feet before milling. Any suggestions for how to finish the teak when it is finished? Nope. It's very pretty, but maintaining it is too much like work. :) True,unfortunately. 1. strip 2. oil 3. clean with soap and water 4. When the fresh look fades go back to step 1 A boat with no brightwork has no character. -- Ziggy® |
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"The No Spoof Zone" wrote in message ...
On 11/21/10 3:51 PM, YukonBound wrote: "HarryK" wrote in message m... On 11/21/10 3:13 PM, YukonBound wrote: "Wayne.B" wrote in message ... One of the joys of owning a boat with a lot of exterior wood trim is the maintenance work. With 29 years in the sun and salt air, the teak in our swim platorm was getting thin, brittle and badly worn. After several years of patchwork repairs it finally seemed time to do the job right and rebuild the entire thing. No problem. In exchange of about a boat buck for freshly milled teak strips and a few new tools, the job is well underway. Here's a picture of a new strip being sprung into place with clamps and spacers: http://img190.imageshack.us/img190/921/swimplatformconstructio.jpg Notice the reflections in that fine looking transom. :-) The strips are 15 feet long, 1 1/2 iches wide and about 7/8ths thick, approximately 25 board feet before milling. Any suggestions for how to finish the teak when it is finished? I just used teak oil on the thwart of my daysailer. You shouldn't use esoteric boating words (thwart) in this newsgroup; some of the spoofers won't get it. ~~ Snerk ~~ I see what you mean! Now Don, do you really think anyone would think you and Harry are not up to your old tricks of insulting? Snerk -- Spoofers can go to Hell in a handbasket They never stopped. It's obvious that being well behaved is beyond their capabilities. Too bad. Were it not for those two, we could have cleaned up rec.boats. -- Ziggy® |
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On 11/22/10 8:44 AM, I am Tosk wrote:
In , says... "The No Spoof wrote in message ... On 11/21/10 3:51 PM, YukonBound wrote: wrote in message m... On 11/21/10 3:13 PM, YukonBound wrote: wrote in message ... One of the joys of owning a boat with a lot of exterior wood trim is the maintenance work. With 29 years in the sun and salt air, the teak in our swim platorm was getting thin, brittle and badly worn. After several years of patchwork repairs it finally seemed time to do the job right and rebuild the entire thing. No problem. In exchange of about a boat buck for freshly milled teak strips and a few new tools, the job is well underway. Here's a picture of a new strip being sprung into place with clamps and spacers: http://img190.imageshack.us/img190/921/swimplatformconstructio.jpg Notice the reflections in that fine looking transom. :-) The strips are 15 feet long, 1 1/2 iches wide and about 7/8ths thick, approximately 25 board feet before milling. Any suggestions for how to finish the teak when it is finished? I just used teak oil on the thwart of my daysailer. You shouldn't use esoteric boating words (thwart) in this newsgroup; some of the spoofers won't get it. ~~ Snerk ~~ I see what you mean! Now Don, do you really think anyone would think you and Harry are not up to your old tricks of insulting? Snerk -- Spoofers can go to Hell in a handbasket They never stopped. It's obvious that being well behaved is beyond their capabilities. Too bad. Were it not for those two, we could have cleaned up rec.boats. The place is cleaned up a lot, what the **** do you want. Donnie, Jps, and Bob won't ever stop but at the same time have absolutely nothing to add either so just plonk 'em and stop making us read the trolls.. Yes, I agree, I think we should all "plonk" them and put them in our bozo bins. They have never stopped their snide snarky remarks and it is not worth our time to discuss this. Now while I won't spend any time discussing the low life trash, I will try to make 10-15 posts a day discussing the fact that the low life trash are still active as can be. Snerk. -- Spoofers can go to Hell in a handbasket |
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On 11/22/10 8:44 AM, I am Tosk wrote:
"The No Spoof wrote in message ... On 11/21/10 3:51 PM, YukonBound wrote: The place is cleaned up a lot, what the **** do you want. Donnie, Jps, and Bob won't ever stop but at the same time have absolutely nothing to add either so just plonk 'em and stop making us read the trolls.. You are responding to someone whose only interest here is in stirring up crap. He, "Ziggy," and a couple of others, one of whom is still ID Spoofing, have no other reason for being here. |
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"HarryK" wrote in message ... On 11/22/10 8:44 AM, I am Tosk wrote: "The No Spoof wrote in message ... On 11/21/10 3:51 PM, YukonBound wrote: The place is cleaned up a lot, what the **** do you want. Donnie, Jps, and Bob won't ever stop but at the same time have absolutely nothing to add either so just plonk 'em and stop making us read the trolls.. You are responding to someone whose only interest here is in stirring up crap. He, "Ziggy," and a couple of others, one of whom is still ID Spoofing, have no other reason for being here. I believe it's called 'enabling'. |
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On 11/22/10 9:21 AM, I am Tosk wrote:
In , says... On 11/22/10 8:44 AM, I am Tosk wrote: "The No Spoof wrote in message ... On 11/21/10 3:51 PM, YukonBound wrote: The place is cleaned up a lot, what the **** do you want. Donnie, Jps, and Bob won't ever stop but at the same time have absolutely nothing to add either so just plonk 'em and stop making us read the trolls.. You are responding to someone whose only interest here is in stirring up crap. He, "Ziggy," and a couple of others, one of whom is still ID Spoofing, have no other reason for being here. And you respond to Donnie who is only here to stir up crap.. Most have come a long way here, some have not. If you want us to ignore "them" you should ignore "them" too... Don is a long-time boater who currently has and uses his boat. There's no evidence the ID spoofers you enable are boaters. |
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