[Alberg30] Interior laminated bulkheads?

[SandersM at aol.com]

Has anyone ever considered removing the woodgrain laminate and refacing the 
bulkhead with an off-white laminate?  That would seem to be a more durable 
and cleaner fix.  Any thoughts?

Sanders McNew
 

In a message dated 11/9/01 9:24:21 PM, henry_sharpe at yahoo.com writes:

>On an old boat (e.g., #111) the teak formica is very dark.  I've done two
>
>differnt things.  Stripped the formica off, retaped the bulkhead/hull joint,
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>and faired the bulkhead.  The adhesive for the formica remains sticky when
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>headede by friction of power sanding making a smooth finish difficult.
> The
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>fonal results were very good and were painted slightly off-white a la
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>Herrshoff.  The result was wonderful but very time consuming.  The second
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>approach was to make sure that the formica adhered well to the bulkheads,
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>ice box, etc.  It was faired to get rid of dings, then sanded hard, rubbed
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>down thoutoughly with acetone (or other solvent) and painted the same off
>
>white.  Two coats were required in either case.

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