Brightwork
International Marine Publishing Co (Verlag)
978-0-07-148657-6 (ISBN)
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“As well as being a comprehensive guide to wood finishing, this work celebrates the beauty of brightwork on boats.”—WoodenBoat“A first class and highly readable text that should be mandatory reading for anyone who owns or is contemplating owning a wooden trimmed vessel.”—Sailing“It’s elegant—elegant as the work it describes so successfully, elegant in its writing, elegant in its photography, and elegant physically as a volume.”—SAIL“Brightwork provides all the information you need to avoid frustrations and costly mistakes and derive the greatest satisfaction from a process that can be its own reward.”—A Cruising World “Editor’s Choice”Few things transform a boat into a yacht quite as gracefully as the incomparable look and texture of oiled, varnished, and bare wood surfaces. Drawing on her decades of brightwork experience, Rebecca Wittman shows you how to diagnose and cure a deteriorating finish, when cracked and flaking varnish can be patched and when it must be stripped and a new finish applied, how much sanding is truly necessary, and much more.
Born and raised on a cattle ranch near Lewiston, Idaho, one of eight children, Rebecca Wittman moved to Seattle after college and became a clothing designer for Brittania Sportswear, a night-club singer who sang the national anthem on CBS at a 1979 NBA championship game, and, in the mid-1970s, a brightwork artist. She cofounded a custom yacht refinishing company, The Teak Twins, in 1978, and within five years completed full or partial brightwork restoration projects on more than 100 yachts in the Seattle area. In 1983 she founded a yacht management and refinishing business in Marina del Rey, California, then returned to Seattle in 1986, refinishing her 500th boat in the early 1990s. She has taught brightwork classes and annual spring seminars at the Center for Wooden Boats in Seattle, and now owns and runs a real-estate management company. HOMETOWN: Seattle, WA
Preface: How to use this bookPart One: An IntroductionChapter 1. The Heart of It: Making a commitmentChapter 2. Sad and Sorry Brightwork: A cautionary note for new boatownersChapter 3. Choosing Finishes: Understanding your woods and how to dress themChapter 4. About Varnish: The history of varnish, and how it is madePart Two: The Refinishing ProgramChapter 5. The Yacht Refinishing Commandments: A basic set of precepts for the dedicated refinisherChapter 6. Organizing Your Brightwork Thoughts: Planning the work, reading the weather, shopping for what you'll need, and preparing the boatChapter 7. Stripping Old Finishes: Bleaching off oil finishes, and using heat guns, chemical strippers, scraping, and sanding to remove old varnishChapter 8. Intermediate Prep Work: Sanding stripped wood, bleaching out stains, cleaning the surfacesChapter 9. The Varnishing Prelude: Pastewood fillers, stains, and sealersChapter 10. Oiling: As an exterior or interior finish, and as a method of sealing wood before varnishingChapter 11. Varnishing: Instructions for interior and exterior varnishing, varnishing failures and their causesChapter 12. Maintaining and Repairing Varnish: Protecting your beautiful finish, setting up a maintenance schedule, the varnish first-aid kit, determining when to refresh and when to strip againChapter 13. Two Special Brightwork Projects: Spars and cabin solesChapter 14. Rescuing Teak Decks: How to bring them back to lifeChapter 15. Dockside Refinishing Etiquette: Rules for getting along on the dockPart Three: Tools and MaterialsChapter 16. Tools: What works best for the jobChapter 17. Materials: Stocking up on what you'll need, with recommendations for the best productsAppendix I. Safety for the Refinisher: How to ensure your own safety, and that of the environmentAppendix II. The Brightwork Refinisher's Dictionary: From "abrasive" to "Ziploc"Conclusion: A Brightwork Junkie's PhilosophyBibliographyIndexPhoto Credits
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 16.1.2007 |
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| Verlagsort | Rockport, ME |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 198 x 239 mm |
| Gewicht | 629 g |
| Themenwelt | Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Sport ► Segeln / Tauchen / Wassersport |
| ISBN-10 | 0-07-148657-7 / 0071486577 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-07-148657-6 / 9780071486576 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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