Joel, did you think about just using King Starboard for the entire project?
I had my dodger made by a company who used 1/2 thick starboard. They plastic welded a track for the canvas sides and windows. Someone was recently posting about a similar company who IIRC was quoting $1500 for a bimini. Just a thought, Josh Muckley S/V Sea Hawk 1989 C&C 37+ Solomons, MD On Fri, Mar 16, 2018, 11:48 AM Joel Aronson via CnC-List < cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: > I'm going to try to build a hard bimini. The plan is to trace the shape > of the frame onto pieces of 2x6, cut them to shape and then screw a piece > of cheap plywood to the 2x6s to have the right shape. I'm looking for > something flexible that will give the underside a nice smooth finish than > can be expoyed to fiberglass and painted. The rest will be glass mat, foam > core, epoxy, more mat etc. I know I could just add more epoxy and sand it, > but I rather avoid all that labor. > > Any suggestions on materials for the finished underside? > > Joel > 301 541 8551 > _______________________________________________ > > Thanks everyone for supporting this list with your contributions. Each > and every one is greatly appreciated. If you want to support the list - > use PayPal to send contribution -- https://www.paypal.me/stumurray > >
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