Ripped the trim down to 3/4 inches wide to make the toe rail. It will cover the rub rail and deck seam.
Attached the rub rail first, then fit the toe rail. Left a few drain slots on the stern. Trimmed to length with the Japanese pull saw. Shaped with the Shinto rasp and 220 grit sandpaper. Temp fastened with small screws.
Eased the rails up a bit on the stern and bow per Culler.
Worked on ZSA ZSA's deck, but first a PSA. Here is the remnant of a keeper chain for the $50 horizontal hinge pin of the rudder assembly. They don't keep very well, we suggest attaching the keeper to the rudder vs the deck.
We dredged out the seam a bit with a half moon blade on a DeWALT multi oscillating tool.
There MIGHT have been a leak here, the deck panel was popped loose at the bow. We used our saw to clean out some old adhesive.
New shop stool CARMEN put to work with WALDO.
Busted the mast step loose, someone had attached it with two lag bolts, normally takes 4 #12 bronze screws. It's off now, and we can see that the deck was replaced at one point, probably how the foam blocks got inside back when.
Removed the corroded coaming fasteners.
Used a syringe to inject TotalBoat THIXO thickened epoxy into the deckedge seam. It was easier on my hand to dispense the THIXO and mix it by hand vs using the mixing tip, then trowel it into the syringe. We also filled old fastener holes.
Put a sealer coat of TotalBoat Halcyon Amber Varnish on the mast step.
Made a pattern of the plank with parchment paper.
Sanded and sanded and sanded. 40 grit on the DeWALT random orbit sander and Black and Decker belt sander, lots of old paint to get gone. Smoothed the scarf.
Primary goal was to get the surface smooth and put some tooth on the old paint so it will hold primer.
Started putting some bend in the toe rail. Spoiler Alert! It didn't work.
We interrupt our regularly scheduled program for Trailer Tetris. CYANE's trailer back to the trailer park, SMEDLEY to the driveway.
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Dry fit the rub rail, trimmed the lower edge up a bit per Culler style. The toe rail will be trimmed at the bow to make room for the bow handle.
Cut the toe rail down to 3/4 inches wide so it would take a bend. It will cover the top of the rub rail and overlap the deck. Both the rub rail and toe rail be permanently fastened with THIXO and will protect the deck seam. Drilled countersink and pilot hole with combination Fuller bit, dry fit with #6 silicone bronze wood screws. To make the toe rail curve we placed screws every 3 inches, otherwise a screw was used every 12 inches to hold the trim in position. We could have used deck screws for this, we recommend using a screw with a star drive or square drive and to always drill pilot holes, otherwise the narrow trim will split.
The current plan is to remove the screws after the THIXO cures, fill the screw holes with epoxy based TotalFair. Once the trim is on we will slightly round the cut edge so it is not sharp, if we remember we will put it on the outside edge or work it over before it is installed with a thumb plane.
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Bought some pine window trim at Lowes to be used as toe rails and rub rails. I was going to drive way out to the mill for a piece of cypress and then spend the rest of the day trying to rip a really long piece, Skipper suggested checking the pre made trim at Lowes. We found pieces that are very close to what came off, our adaptation will have the toe rail lap over the rub rail, all sealed up with epoxy. These rails will cover the deck edge seam and protect it, an improvement on the previous design that left the seam exposed.
The toe rails will need to take some edge bend up at the bow, so we are using the trailer and 2 days of rain to pre bend them.
Picked up a 1"x8"x16' piece of select pine to sketch out the lines for the keel. Trying it out on an inexpensive piece of lumber first, and then we may switch to cypress.
We also wanted to see if the lumber would take the 1-6-0 (foot and a half) rise up to the transom. It will.
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Early Christmas! We have been trying out many of the products from Jamestown Distributors' TotalBoat line, blogging about them just as we do about other products, tools, materials and techniques. So far we have been impressed with the quality and price, and as always the Tech Support. Restoration costs can add up, so we like that most TotalBoat ships free. We bought and tried enough of it that we became Ambassadors, sharing our projects and experiences with JD to in turn share with others. We were excited today to get two boxes of favorite items to use on our projects and a few new items to try out, the WetEdge Cold Cure, Halcyon Amber Gloss Varnish and Elixir water based enamel. Several of the products are now available in resealable bags, that should reduce drying of the product in storage after some of it is used. Jamestown Distributors also sells our other time tested products, Pettit, Interlux and Rustoleum.
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Tried out some new to us varnish on the Crickle, TotalBoat Halcyon Amber Gloss. It can be recoated in one hour and requires no sanding between coats. One coat today and in the next few days we'll try the multi coats, our Padook need to be varnished also and Skipper's Greenland paddle.
