Horizontal rod holders 23 cc

[wattaway2]

Looking for a alternative to teak or starboard to fabricate new horizontal rod holders was thinking about using a plastic deck board type material . Anyone have any thoughts or ideas also contemplating incorporating a toe rail in with them????

[Handful in NC]

Consider PVC board, which is available from most building supply companies. It's cheap, very easy to work (except the dust makes a mess), can be glued (unlike starboard), and is available in all kinds of sizes, even sheets. The downside is the cut surfaces will never be as slick as the finished surfaces, even with fine sanding, but it holds paint well. Also, long unsupported pieces can flex, but so will starboard.

The material is cheap enough to justify buying a piece just to fool around.

[Don Ferguson]

Hi Wattaway. I had to replace my old teak O/R bases and had Prospect Plastics copy the teak exactly in 3/4" starboard. They did a beautiful job. You'll have better appearance w/ starboard than the PVC mentioned but starboard is more brittle and mo' money, if that is a factor. Otherwise, you're back to wood.

[wattaway2]

Doing a little searching found a product called PlasTeak made in Ohio .Has anyone heard of it or used it

[Snookerd]

I have only heard good things about that plasteak. No personal experience but the hull truth is a great place to search to find a few guys who have.

[wattaway2]

Had Juan from specialty marine products drop by yesterday with a sample of the Plasteak For me to look at. looks like exactly what I was looking for. Resembles starboard only in teak and didn't have the open grain that I saw with the deck boards at home depo or lowes .

[Don Ferguson]

Ok Wattaway2, that is interesting. So what is "plasteak"?

[wattaway2]

Don did you get a chance to get to the dania flea market they had some addarondac chairs I think we're made out of it just as you came they the main entrance resembles starboard with teak coloring

[wattaway2]

I found it doing a google search

[Don Ferguson]

Thanks. I made the flea market but did not see the chairs. Don