Glen-L WB Power Skiff Build

[zool]

Same to you and yours Kev!

I have company staying here this week, so im kinda pulled in many directions...mostly not towards what i want to do..

 

[oldrem]

Still looks like some good progress

 

[kcassells]

Same to you and yours Kev!

I have company staying here this week, so im kinda pulled in many directions...mostly not towards what i want to do..

Hey just enjoy everyone. Like I've said the boat {boats} are always there waiting for us.

 

[zool]

I did a test piece of some oak with cognac stain, since they were out of the black cherry, and the color seems fine, just have to deal with the pronounced grain. I stained one piece today without any sealer or conditioner

Gonna try the next few samples with unwaxed shellac or conditioner, and maybe a gel....oak is oak, so it will never be clear, but a little more uniformity may be nice....QS white oak would be better, but its not in the cards for this build.

 

[zool]

Hey just enjoy everyone. Like I've said the boat {boats** are always there waiting for us.

Its all good, just tired of running errands lol

 

[sphelps]

Oak , white oak I know it’s gunna look great when finished ..
I would go up there and help you sand but my arms are kinda sore ...

 

[zool]

Oak , white oak I know it’s gunna look great when finished ..
I would go up there and help you sand but my arms are kinda sore ...

Yeah, if I were down there, id help you distill some peroxide, maybe throw in some raisins, put it out in the sun to ferment!

I forgot the stress of choosing stain when there's no turning back after the choice

At this point, if it shines and floats, im all good.

 

[kcassells]

What chemicals did you distil in HIGH school?:joyous:

 

[zool]

What chemicals did you distil in HIGH school?:joyous:

hmmm, for some reason. i dont remember :spy:

So yesterday i got some more tabbing done, just have a little more to go and im all done with cloth....gonna try to make a push this week while the temps are still favorable....then its all sanding and fairing for the inside.

 

[kcassells]

hmmm, for some reason. i dont remember :spy:

So yesterday i got some more tabbing done, just have a little more to go and im all done with cloth....gonna try to make a push this week while the temps are still favorable....then its all sanding and fairing for the inside.

You got my butt rollin on the floor laughing.

 

[mickyryan]

its been so hot here in florida im 3 fans deep in different locations

 

[Pcolafisher]

I’m about to start the A/C here in Pensacola. It’s supposed to cool down some on Friday. It’s gotta be cooler and drier outside to work on anything. Starting Friday, we’re supposed to have five or six days without rain!
Cheers

 

[zool]

Im sure u guys will be jealous when that big blizzard hits here and we get to shovel a path out to the boat to replace the torn tarp on the boat and clean out all the wet slush piled on our nice new work!....

 

[archbuilder]

watching it sleet here, how do you guys do it lol! that winter heat in FL must be brutal!

 

[zool]

Cold or not, the epoxy is curing just fine so far..

I put some cloth over the drain tube also

Then I cut out the deck cloth to try to set tomorrow.

And as a christmas present to myself, i combined a few coupons together and got a pin nailer, a stapler, and a trim router all for 50 bux at HF

 

[Woodonglass]

I did a test piece of some oak with cognac stain, since they were out of the black cherry, and the color seems fine, just have to deal with the pronounced grain. I stained one piece today without any sealer or conditioner

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Gonna try the next few samples with unwaxed shellac or conditioner, and maybe a gel....oak is oak, so it will never be clear, but a little more uniformity may be nice....QS white oak would be better, but its not in the cards for this build.

See if you can find some quartersawn red oak. It takes stain much more uniformly and has a nice straight grain.

 

[zool]

I did find some QS in the bunch Mike, but im using some of that to cap the gunnels, so I decided im gonna paint the front deck slats green to match the hull, and rip some of the QS to 1/4 x 1/4 to use in place of caulk between and stain those to match the gunnel trim. The flat sawn will just never look right.

 

[Mad Props]

If you're going for a clean look, I would actually try to find rift sawn oak instead of QS. The medullary rays will take the stain differently than the surrounding wood and you will be back in a similar situation with the highlighted cathedral grain of the flatsawn oak.

 

[zool]

I can get rift or quarter sawn in white or red within 100 miles, but the smallest is 4/4 rough, and im still lacking a bandsaw, planer and jointer, plus its really not worth the effort on this boat. Im actually liking the new plan for the front deck by just stabilizing the planks with epoxy and painting them the hull color with the wood strip caulking, giving it the modern picnic boat look.

Headed out back now to wet out the deck cloth.....

 

[zool]

Update:

Got all the deck cloth wetted out.

also got some tabbing done, probably one or two more glassing sessions and I can move on...