[Public-List] Finishes Part Two........ Plus

mahseer at kos.net mahseer at kos.net
Thu Jun 3 09:15:10 PDT 2010


Our local chandlery carries a stainless product.  Look at
http://pridemarine.com under cordage and rope, anti chafe products.

John Boor
MAHSEER #380

>
> I've got little bits of stainless like that where the vang would rub
> against the cabin top, but they were installed by a previous owner, so I
> can't tell you where to get them (and if I could, I'd really like to put
> another couple of them where the halyards run against the cabin top when
> I'm hauling on them from the cockpit..)
>
> Of course that's all on the glass, so the stainless looks fine; if I
> w ere to put such hardware on the teak I'd want bronze too.(Actually, my
> mooring tire is close enough to the front of my mooring that I have to
> lead my stern lines directly over the toe rail to the spinnaker winches
> instead of through the fairleads, so if you find a source for little
> bronze anti-chafe plates, I'd love to hear about it.)
>
> Cheers,
> Kris
>
> On Thu, Jun 03, 2010 at 05:18:11AM -0700, Laughing Gull wrote:
>> I like all the comments - they mirror my experience. There are no short
>> cuts. I have two questions:
>>
>> 1. The best success I have had to date is a base of good spar varnish (I
>> think it was z spar nothing special) covered with Bristol Finish. The
>> Bristol is a two part varnish. This has produced a hard finish that
>> resists normal wear and tear. it fails around the edges- as they all do
>> I guess. The advantage of this is that you can apply multiple coats in
>> one session.
>>
>> Interestingly, I have had much less success with the Bristol just by
>> itself. It is very finicky if there is ANY issue with the preparation -
>> which in the case of teak is hard as the wood is so oily - mine isn't
>> but ...
>>
>> Has anyone else had similar experiences?
>>
>> 2 - I have heard one can buy very thin sheets of stainless steel that
>> can be attached to the wear points - where the sheets run off the
>> winches across the coaming and into the cockpit for example. This would
>> be less bulky that putting quarter round on those spots.
>>
>> Anyone. Done this? It would look more traditional if you could get it in
>> bronze.
>>
>> Jonathan Adams
>> Mobile: 443-538-7443
>> Composed on PDA
>>
>> On Jun 2, 2010, at 4:22 PM, Gordon Laco <mainstay at csolve.net> wrote:
>>
>> I watched "Mama Mia" to see the famous Tai-Mo-Shan in that film...
>>
>>
>> On 02/06/10 4:15 PM, "John Birch" <Sunstone at cogeco.ca> wrote:
>>
>>
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