Roger Metcalf
P-19 #471 "Manstoy"
Tacoma, WA
Puget Sound
----- Original Message -----
From: Bruce D Anderson <saltyb@integrityol.com>
To: <wwpotter@tscnet.com>
Sent: Wednesday, November 10, 1999 9:53 PM
Subject: gelcoat
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> West Wight Potter Website at URL
> http://www.lesbois.com/wwpotter/
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> I've emptied out my boat wwp19 and am cutting holes for storage like a
> madman-found many possibilities for drawers, recessed shelves, and surface
> shelves. Will also epoxy i/2 inch backing studs with 1/2 inch foam sheets
> in between, covered with 1/4 inch mohogany plywood and then shelves, cell
> phone/GPS holders, 1/2 by 1 1/2 " mohog. trim around counter top to go
with
> my mohog/foam batten ceiling last year in v birth- I will have a Flicka
> interior yet. And hope to top it off with small reading spot light in fwd
> v birth and a salty brass oil lamp (small) gimbaled or hanging with stays
> from the ceiling. Also plan a mohog recessed tp holder and if I go
> completely wacco a laminated wood floor. I was a shipwright for 3 years
> and worked on old wooden fishing boats on the Lk Union Canal. But I have
a
> lot to learn and am open to any suggestions.
> I still would like to know a way to get through the gel coat for epoxy
> work (learned the hard way-does'nt stick very long on the gel coat.
> I want to keep the dust from flying- disk sander is only quick way I
> have found so far. Any ideas?
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> Maybe I can send pictures, hopfully I don't cut any holes that I may
> regret when I launch next.
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> Bruce Anderson Galilee Wind Renton , Wash.-where you can
> sail all year if you don't mind the cold and rain.
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