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swim step
Posted: Wed Jun 08, 2011 10:06 pm
by gettaway
I am still working on my engine repower, but was side tracked a bit by the holiday and my youngest son graduating from high school!
I also lucked upon a teak swim step for LARK, so I cut it down, plugged some drilled holes, sanded until I burned up my porter cable sander, and after work today got a coat of SIkken Cetol on
it will be a very welcome and much needed inprovment over the previous swim step
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Posted: Wed Jun 08, 2011 10:13 pm
by gettaway
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the swim step that was on the boat appears to have not been factory, it was 3/4" ply wood, with 1/2" plywood attached to that and then encased in a fiberglass cloth and resin "shell" the 1/2" piece was completely water logged and rotted in some places and the damn thing wieghed 200 pounds ! I kept thinking that I missed some screws holding it to the brackets becase it felt "attached" ended up just being heavy.
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Posted: Thu Jun 09, 2011 5:19 am
by pk
OOooooooh!!
Really NICE!!
Posted: Thu Jun 09, 2011 5:44 am
by k9th
Looks very nice - good job!
Posted: Wed Sep 07, 2011 6:17 pm
by gettaway
swim step up date, I actually installed it in late june, the boat projects came to a screeching halt when I had a heart attack in June.
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Posted: Wed Sep 07, 2011 9:26 pm
by foofer b
Gorgeous indeed. I love the look of the sikkens cetol, I used it on my trim.
Posted: Thu Sep 08, 2011 5:29 am
by Allen Sr
Looks great!!!
Posted: Thu Sep 08, 2011 10:37 am
by rossjo
Looks great! Any coincidence between the old 20# swim platform and the heart attack in June?
Sikkens is very good paint - used it on my Sunbeam Tiger. Prefer Awlgrip for Fiberglass though.
How long will the Cetol last in the Sun?
Posted: Thu Sep 08, 2011 11:06 am
by jddens
Looks great!....sorry to hear about the heart attack and hope you are doing good now...........John
Posted: Thu Sep 08, 2011 12:22 pm
by aweimer
Looks great and just like the one on "Keep it up".
