Arjay at work

Here is an example of what Arjay can be used for. As you may know I have been restoring an 81 Nautique for two years. Last weekend I formed out the rudder table with Formica and a hot glue gun. 11" square 3/4" thick and poured 3 qts Arjay with 35 cc MEK. 3 Qts filled it perfectly. It kicks nicely too. Then after sanding of the edges to a rounded 45 degree bevel I laid up one layer of mat and one layer of 1808. It is a dream to work with and pours like honey.

why didn't you just powder coat them instead?

hasbeen,I have found that all the hype of the powder coat is very over rated,sorry bout that 79,works well in other places but not in the marine world.CZ 11/zinc chromate is nasty stuff,blah,blah, blah, but the half life is about 50yrs. if applied correctly,you did rite.
The Awlgrip a wise choice also,do it right ,and ya do it only once.....boat dr

P/coat has a perfect finish and looks great when it comes off in sheets,just what i have seen in real life on boat parts,,,,,,,

TRB, my bitch about the p/coat is not the finish it is the adhesion of the p/coat to the base metal.
these are just the problems i see.
       boat dr

bj, approve of the composite vs wood in a lot of appications,stringers would be a hard sell for me.Attaching the motor mounts is going to be the key, but this can be overcome with a little thought,alm. fabricated bracket embedded in said stringer would be an idea,then drill and tap to fit motor mounts.
entertained the idea on the '64 about 1/2 way thru ,finished up the repair with 2x10 oak,soaked with West System,bedded the manicured and dressed timber followed by two layers of 10 oz. followed by the heavy rove,4 coats later the weave is barely visable.2 coats Awlgrip finished that project,Will be a long time till i attack another stringer job,be it mine or for a client.....................boat dr   

hard composites have no give and are so hard that they will have a tendency to break, with wood it does have a grain and will bend and stress and not break.... there is a right place for wood and a right place for man made materials. the only other thing that i would use in place of wood for stringers is aluminum

Threadjack; Lake check the "Wish you were ...." thread.

john

Eric. Correct Craft abandoned fir sringers in 1993. For those of you that choose wood I say, "That is why they make Chocolate and Vanilla"

HB..Looking good , what year is that boat?