The aft stateroom mahogany fascia boards went to the paint shop and came back finished with eight coats of ICA base clear and two of the matte top coat. They look great.
These look great!
The unpainted surfaces are the contact points where the boards will be epoxied to the ceiling framing.
The big aft board gets glued and clamped in place
Leave it to cure overnight
Next day, the side boards get glued and clamped
First, I wet out the bare wood with US Composites 635 epoxy resin, then I top it with generous dollops of the same epoxy thickened with wood flour.
Ceiling framing wetted out and coated with wood flour-thickened epoxy
Clamps in place and ready to grab the board
Looks good!
1″ x 1″ mahogany cleats help spread the clamping force
I use shrink wrap tape on the cleats so they don’t mark the pretty boards. I find that also helps eliminate ‘print through’ that can happen if the ICA top coat isn’t fully cured.
Nice, tight joint that’s also glued
Port side is next
That’s a pretty board
Next day, off come all the clamps
These turned out really nice!
Now that the fascia boards are installed, we’re almost ready to install the Whisper Wall headliner tracks.
Next up in our 1969 Chris Craft Roamer 46 Refit: Installing the Last Aft Stateroom Overhead Filler Boards
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When you are done with this Refit– It will be better than Anything John Staluppi built..