On Oct 21, 10:42 pm, HK wrote:
wrote:
On Oct 21, 9:24 pm, Wayne.B wrote:
On Mon, 22 Oct 2007 01:06:00 -0000,
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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
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What they did was build molds for wood wainscoat cabinetry, using
blasted wood with a raised grain to make the panel molds. Then they
built molds for all the pillars, cabinetry, and much of the finish
work including the bead and cove cabinsole and celing panels, and
poured them out of resin, kind of like making a boat hull in a mold.
Start with laminating wax and then pigment, and then pour in the
composite material. Trust me, this stuff looked like wood and with the
hardwood accents, you would have lived on this boat never known. Yes,
he knew it was overkill, but he had the technology, and the manpower
to do it so he did. The idea was never, and I mean never, having to do
any manitenance on 95% of the "woodwork and bright" on the boat, ever.
This was a huge project to be sure. He had a full time carpenter/
composite guy for over a decade, who was backed up by Seaworthy
Systems R+D, designers, engineers, tooling, suppliers, shops, and
technology. He built it right in his backyard, overlooking the cove.
It was to be a grand retirement boat for Bill, he only got to sail it
once, very close to the end which he was aware of. They said it was a
perfect sailing day, great weather, great wind, not to much... Just a
perfect day.. I often wonder who is sailing her now, hopefully someone
is, she was a beauty.