Aussie Belle Isle

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hookster
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Re: Aussie Belle Isle

Postby hookster » 30 Jun 2015, 11:05

poo Hot!!!!

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Re: Aussie Belle Isle

Postby Aussie » 17 Jul 2015, 07:23

Hi all,

Bit of an update.
I have now completed all of the top deck planking...i will now clean out the seams and fill with a
mix of epoxy with white pigment and talc powder..also need to shape the cover boards to match the back of transom and route out the top rear edge and install corner timber and round off...

Jamie
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bootlegger
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Re: Aussie Belle Isle

Postby bootlegger » 18 Jul 2015, 18:09

Fantastic job. Keep having fun.

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Re: Aussie Belle Isle

Postby Damo » 18 Jul 2015, 20:39

Awesome job mate, please keep posting updates.

Damo

osprey
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Re: Aussie Belle Isle

Postby osprey » 18 Jul 2015, 21:06

Looking really cool...love the attention to detail. What adhesive are you using for the deck ??
Is that West Systems stuff l can see on the bench ??

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Re: Aussie Belle Isle

Postby Aussie » 20 Jul 2015, 09:50

Osprey,

Nah. Adhesive is FGI (Fiber Glass International, great stuff to use, and the bonus is it is better priced than the than the West system.

Amazing the amount of epoxy that goes into a full build like this, the wife is picking up the final kit i will need for the build today 6kg kit 5 kg of epoxy 1 kg of hardener...5:1 mix. this will be kit number 9 or 10 cant remember.

jamie

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Re: Aussie Belle Isle

Postby retroboat » 21 Jul 2015, 09:30

Looks awesome keep up the good work

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Re: Aussie Belle Isle

Postby Aussie » 31 Aug 2015, 17:26

Have been doing a bit of sanding and trying to figure out what stain to do the cover board and king plank in as there is too much variation in the timber color.

Jamie
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Re: Aussie Belle Isle

Postby bootlegger » 31 Aug 2015, 18:16

You will ha e to play with the stain to get them to match.

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Re: Aussie Belle Isle

Postby Aussie » 07 Sep 2015, 17:34

Hi,

Had a play with some stain colors on the weekend. The stain is Minwax water based stain, i have slapped some on at the back of boat to have a look.

I have used the mahogany (Too red for my liking) and the walnut on the cover boards looks dark at first but under the lights at night it looks lighter and also boat will be seen in the sun so color i think will be ok.

I have spread some unmixed talc powder into the seams just to get an idea of what it will look like.

Any thoughts for or against either of these colors? any other suggestions? I need to sort out as i am at the stage of staining so i can move forward with the top decking.

Thanks

Jamie
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