New Piolot house flooring project

New Piolot house flooring project
  • Well I have all the carpet pulled up in the pilot house and have uninstalled my pilot helm bench seat. The original nautilex has come up to reveal a layer of original fiberglass in polyester resin. the entire floor will be sanded and a new teak and holly sole will go in.....pictures to follow soon.

    this is the look I am shooting for, clean and traditional with lots of gloss
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  • That will be a transforming project. I have always loved the look.

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    using thin verticals to hold in place when we glue.instead of a paper template, making thin wooden template for exact fit

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  • Beautiful!

  • Thanks. It's really coming along

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  • That is sharp looking, what are you useing for decking?

  • So contrary to popular belief it is the cabin top that holds the floor down rather than the floor supporting the structure above. I just knew gravity wasn't all it was hyped to be. Won't be long now before this round earth idea is debunked.

    The floor really looks great.

  • The teak and holly comes in 4x8 plywood sheets...either 1/4, 3/8, or 1/2 inch thickness,,,,the surface teak and holly vaneer is the same thickness on all three sizes

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  • My helper wants to treat the flooring with west system for protection before we coat it with UV filtered urathane, but I am concerned with how the epoxy treatment will hold up in uv? anyone have experience? I wouldn't want it to cloud

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  • I did the same thing in my old Egg in the Salon and below. The sanding of the WEST system will make a horrible dusting. But it seals it really well. I would use the 207 tropic hardner when you apply it. That stuff has a little better endurance than 105 or 106 for clouding. I have started using AWLSPAR varnish on all my bright work. It seems to have more solids than Captain's varnish from Z Spar. It flows easier than Z Spar and acts like Captain's did 20 years ago before they started messing with the formula. The 1st year I would be hyper vigilant with monitoring wear on the decks. If I remember your boat is shed kept anyway. But I would be put a minimum of 3 coats to start with to seal it with the varnish over the WEST. The epoxy is still tender to dropping of heavy objects and will compromise the finish if you are not careful.
    I would also consider some sort of interlocking matting to keep in the traffic areas for wear and non skid applications. That stuff is slippery when it gets wet.

  • thanks

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  • The flooring is all cut and dry fitted....like a puzzle. Now we will be bonding it with West system G-flex
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  • Darn it I cant bring up the pictures. But if it is like anything else you have done in the past, Im sure its BEAUTIFUL.

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  • I wonder why the pictures don't show?

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  • It just comes up photo has been moved or deleted.

    1969, 42" Pacemaker "ELENA LYNN"
    Kendall N.Y
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  • Lawd that is beautiful!

  • Thanks!

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  • Wow! It gives me ideas for the deck in the cabin on Miss Nancy.

  • It will look great..we are at two coats of the perection plus urathane over the west system sealer and it is amazing..i may do both head floors and the vee berth

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  • Did I miss it or aren't you going to give us a source or two and what it costs?

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