News of the month July 15 2009

PHILDAN RESTORATION

By Philippe d'Aniere .

Boat restoration .

Phildanrestoration . 1445 Santa Fe Ave # C . Long Beach CA 90813 ..............
CA License # 911222
Tel : ( 562 ) 397 9379
To Contact us E Mail : philpressing@gmail.com
Facebook : phildanrestoration
www.phildanrestoration.info

Originally a french jeweler with a " Beaux Art school " background , I immigrated to the US in 1986 and 15 years ago , as a hobby , did start restoring my own wooden boat . 3 years later , it became my main activity .

The break came in 2003 , when I was hired by the " Los Angeles Maritime Museum " as general finishing contractor for their
" Brigantine Youth Program ". This unique multi millions dollar, 4 year project, consisted in the building of two sisterships, 140 feet long, wooden replicas of the magnificent nineteen century " Brigantine " tallships. During this period, me and my crew performed all aspects of finishing operations including: interior/exterior preparation & painting, wood sealing, oil varnishing, fiberglassing, metals treatments, waterproofing, windows sealing and decking .............

During the past 15 years we have maintained and/or restored over 200 boats, on water or at our shop in Wilmington, California , including numerous Classic woodies , an original Chinese Junk, and more recent fiberglass & steel vessels.

This blog is a presentation of my work

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News of the month July 15 2009

Welcome July 2009

Final on Kent boat ... painting the mast .
Some project like " Kent " did start in May , to understand it , you should scroll down .
Thanks .
Philippe .

Ok ! I give you a ..........Short cut

BEFORE AFTER

I do love mast painting ...

Just be sure , you have a good friend on the deck safety line !!!!!
I will test video editing on the site next week .. up & down the mast will be a good test

the " vue " is great ... 80 ' up water

July 08 ... back to earth ..
We are starting a 1959 old Woodie .. leaking . it is normal for a wood boat to leak a little , it is good to have salt water at the bottom of your bilge , but not to much or you will sink .
Dry Rot came from fresh water infiltrations ( deck corners / windows joints .... )
In this case i will sand the hull & bottom / Smith epoxy , seal bare wood / West system all cracks /
Epoxy primer / 3M marine filler underwater , minor cracks ..... & for the fun: 2 coats of Awllgrip LP.