Quicksilver 540 cuddy

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mattswan2512
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Re: Quicksilver 540 cuddy

Post by mattswan2512 » 01 Nov 2016, 20:09

chris moody wrote:Looks great, have you been away overnight in it yet?


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Re: Quicksilver 540 cuddy

Post by Martin » 01 Nov 2016, 23:56

mattswan2512 wrote: There we go martin. Nothing swanky but its dry and gets us out of the wind. Also turns into a bed. Little chem loo down there too for the wife.
Ah cheers for the pics, That's looks great,Matt.
Rather pooosh whoto. :D
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Re: Quicksilver 540 cuddy

Post by mattswan2512 » 24 Apr 2017, 07:47

Okay so winter over....well i think..... :? I popped down to the boat with wofey and gave her a seriouse scrub up. Boat not jo....... :lol:
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There was significant mould even tho a dehum was used.....and the sun hatch was cracked open to encourage airflow......
So we stripped out the interior took it home and jet washed all the pannels the seats the cusions etc etc
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Re siliconed the sink and sorted the rusty bits out
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Then onto the wooden bits......
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One coat of oak stain 4 more to go.......24h between coats too :thud

Very busy day but she will look a million dollars when finished.
Used caravan cleaner and the white is now white......very impressed with that stuff.

Jobs jobbed :clappy
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