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watercayman
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Initially Posted - 02/28/2010 : 20:34:13

Hi folks,

The white plastic (?) trim around the the small door that fits in front of the battery on my boat is cracked and needs to be replaced. The same material is on the locker door in the head, and also is looking pretty ragged. I think that this simple replacement will make a nice difference in appearance.

This may be a pretty obvious one, but is there a specific place to find replacement trim? Anyone done anything different - like a teak type trim?

Kind regards,

Mike

Mike Barrowman

Beneteau 311
P/O 1999 Catalina 250WK - #414
Cayman Islands

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delliottg
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Response Posted - 02/28/2010 : 22:10:54

Mike,
I'm not sure where you could find replacement trim, but an email to Catalina might reveal a source for you.

I think if I were doing it, I'd look into using glue-on wood trim. It comes in lots of different species and is relatively easy to apply. All you really need is a clothes iron and a really sharp knife or preferably chisel. I'm not sure I've ever seen any teak trim, but it may well exist.

If you've got questions on how to do the glue-on trim, give me a shout, I've done a fair amount of it.

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watercayman
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Response Posted - 03/01/2010 : 13:16:43

Thanks for the reply David - and the offer of advice too.

I think you've hit the nail on the head with the glue-on wood trim. Down here in Cayman we are quite limited in range of supply, but I'm sure I can find something like that pretty easily. I'll take a look and see what I can find locally!

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delliottg
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Response Posted - 03/01/2010 : 14:34:15

If you can't find what you need, I have lots of resources, and we can figure out how to get it down to you.

Completely OT, but how did you get your boat down there? Did you sail it there?

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watercayman
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Response Posted - 03/01/2010 : 17:26:51

Many thanks again for your offer to help - hopefully can find something local - for simple "home supply" type stuff, there's usually a decent supply here.

Actually, I'm the 3rd owner of the boat, and all of us lived here in Cayman. (In fact, all of us have posted messages in this form over the years.) There are two 250s, two 25s a new capri 22 and I just saw a C 27 & a C 22 the other day here on the island. I am not sure, but I'd bet good money that all of them were shipped down ON a cargo boat. There's a huge bit of open sea between Cuba and Cayman - not something I think most of us would do in a < 30 footer. I've actually wondered if it would be safe (with me on board!) in the 33 footer I someday plan to buy...

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watercayman
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Response Posted - 03/17/2010 : 16:55:52

Well I finished the 'repair' to the battery door and head locker door and it came out so well I figured I'd post it here in case anyone in future had a similar problem... and hadn't figured out something this basic

like me!

Shot of the original - both battery door and locker trim were in bad shape and looked terrible.

On the battery door, I used about 4 turns of medical tape. It's white and fits 100% perfectly. Took me about 3 1/2 minutes.

On the locker door, I used David's suggestion and found some white edge banding. Unfortunately the only place on the island that had it didn't have the iron-on kind, so I used contact cement. Not hard to put on, but the trimming was a real pain. Took me about an hour total. But the result with the banding is much nicer, and looks like new.

I wish I could have been a little better on the back side with the cutting. But it's pretty close and likely few guests will see it. The trick was the tool. I started with the one on the right and made a mess. The one on the left was exactly what the job calls for.

A carpenter I'm not, but I was pretty happy with the outcome.

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Arlyn Stewart
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Response Posted - 03/18/2010 : 04:47:35

The tool a carpenter would have used is a router with a flush cutter but your job looks well done and cost effective as buying a router and cutting tool would have been overkill for the one off project.

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watercayman
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Response Posted - 03/18/2010 : 06:14:54

Thanks Arlyn.

I think learning which tool is best for each job is a lifetime pursuit for me. I'd love to really get good with the wood work, but as you said, there has to be some economy of scale -- otherwise I'll just keep acquiring more stuff for the garage and my wife will put the hammer down sooner or later. Restoring a boat is a dream of mine, but I've got a lot of learning to do first... and tool collection!

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delliottg
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Response Posted - 03/18/2010 : 06:38:15

Mike, looks like you did a nice job, congratulations.

Much as I'm loath to correct Arlyn, the right tool for trimming edge banding is a wide, extremely sharp chisel. As you found with the razor which approximates the right tool, you get a finer edge. A router tends to shred the banding in my experience (I have three). I use a long 2" wide chisel that's got a cranked handle so your knuckles clear. It has to be very - very sharp, otherwise it wants to follow the grain. You lay it flat on the surface perpendicular to the banding and angle it off to one side to reduce the effective cutting angle. Then just run the blade along the banding. The flat of the blade is an automatic depth control (this is where the razor gave you some trouble I'll bet) and you're done in short order.

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