[Alberg30] Interior laminated bulkheads?

[CHRIS HARDY]

It is generally much better to go over sound laminate with another layer than to
try to peel laminate off to redo it . Sound laminate is a good substrate for new
laminate.  chris #297

SandersM at aol.com wrote:

> 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,
> >
> >and faired the bulkhead.  The adhesive for the formica remains sticky when
> >
> >headede by friction of power sanding making a smooth finish difficult.
> > The
> >
> >fonal results were very good and were painted slightly off-white a la
> >
> >Herrshoff.  The result was wonderful but very time consuming.  The second
> >
> >approach was to make sure that the formica adhered well to the bulkheads,
> >
> >ice box, etc.  It was faired to get rid of dings, then sanded hard, rubbed
> >
> >down thoutoughly with acetone (or other solvent) and painted the same off
> >
> >white.  Two coats were required in either case.
>
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