Brightwork - Brossura

Wittman, Rebecca

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0071486577 ISBN 13: 9780071486576

Casa editrice: International Marine/Ragged Mountain Press, 2007

Riassunto

“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.

Su questo libro

L'autore:

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

Contenuti:

Preface: How to use this book

Part One: An Introduction

Chapter 1. The Heart of It: Making a commitment

Chapter 2. Sad and Sorry Brightwork: A cautionary note for new boatowners

Chapter 3. Choosing Finishes: Understanding your woods and how to dress them

Chapter 4. About Varnish: The history of varnish, and how it is made

Part Two: The Refinishing Program

Chapter 5. The Yacht Refinishing Commandments: A basic set of precepts for the dedicated refinisher

Chapter 6. Organizing Your Brightwork Thoughts: Planning the work, reading the weather, shopping for what you'll need, and preparing the boat

Chapter 7. Stripping Old Finishes: Bleaching off oil finishes, and using heat guns, chemical strippers, scraping, and sanding to remove old varnish

Chapter 8. Intermediate Prep Work: Sanding stripped wood, bleaching out stains, cleaning the surfaces

Chapter 9. The Varnishing Prelude: Pastewood fillers, stains, and sealers

Chapter 10. Oiling: As an exterior or interior finish, and as a method of sealing wood before varnishing

Chapter 11. Varnishing: Instructions for interior and exterior varnishing, varnishing failures and their causes

Chapter 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 again

Chapter 13. Two Special Brightwork Projects: Spars and cabin soles

Chapter 14. Rescuing Teak Decks: How to bring them back to life

Chapter 15. Dockside Refinishing Etiquette: Rules for getting along on the dock

Part Three: Tools and Materials

Chapter 16. Tools: What works best for the job

Chapter 17. Materials: Stocking up on what you'll need, with recommendations for the best products

Appendix I. Safety for the Refinisher: How to ensure your own safety, and that of the environment

Appendix II. The Brightwork Refinisher's Dictionary: From "abrasive" to "Ziploc"

Conclusion: A Brightwork Junkie's Philosophy

Bibliography

Index

Photo Credits

Su questa edizione

• Editore: International Marine/Ragged Mountain Press
• Data di pubblicazione: 2007
• ISBN 10: 0071486577
• ISBN 13: 9780071486576
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 182