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| 195 Hours - Fabuglas Bahama Restoration | ||||||||||||||
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| Here, all the gutters are in place as well as the chine support. The horizontal support pieces are being used to keep the hull in the proper shape while the fiberglass (or just epoxy in this picture) hardens. | This shot shows just about the same thing, only looking toward the stern. | |||||||||||||
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| The transom is completed. Layer by layer, starting from the stern (as it was built)... 10 oz cloth, 1/2" plywood, 18 oz woven roving, 3/4" plywood, woven roving, cloth, woven roving, cloth, woven roving, cloth. If you have read this to your kids, don't worry that they have left the room. You probably sound like a broken record and they became very bored. |
Call them back in...it starts to get exciting agein. SEATS!!! (Now wasn't that exciting???) This is one of the sets of seats, ready to be mounted to the seat bases. All foam padding has been covered with a layer of plastic under the vinyl to prevent (or at least minimise) the amount of water that they will collect. When I originally took them apart, the padding was soaked with water. I'll leave the smell up to your imagination. | |||||||||||||
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| Here are the two seat backs for the other set of seats, which have not yet been disassembled and cleaned. The seat material is also being cleaned with a toothbrush and an ammonia based vinyl cleaner. | Hopefully, the seats will sit in this form once the hardware (hinges) are installed. | |||||||||||||
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