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Looking for a Hard Laminated Chart for Chart Table.  You know the sort, heaps of keelers have them on the lid for the freezer / chart table.  Attached is an example from Google images... 

 

I've Googled all sorts of variations of laminated chart table, hard laminated, melamine laminated.... No luck.  

 

Spoke to the people at www.boatbooks.co.nz in Westhaven and www.mapandchartshop.co.nz/ in Hamilton and they don't know where to get them from.  

 

Any thoughts on where or even how to make these...? 

 

Cheers

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The only ones I know are a normal chart Glued to top and then resin poured over it. Doming resin is usually the best. It is crystal clear Polyester. You may have seen those paper weights with large insects inside a clear resin. That's doming resin. The surface reacts with Co2 and lets all the bubbles out. So you use a propane torch flame and quickly run a lazy flame over the surface and the bubbles just lift right out of it to leave a crystal clear coating that goes like glass.

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ScottNZ that chart you have shown that is on a white hard material has actually been printed on it. You need to talk to a sign making company that specialises in printing large signs on hard surfaces. It most certainly can be done. I have also seen photo's printed onto hard board etc in very large scale.



 

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once resined,is it possible to undo?as mine is of lake taupo,boat was built for a boat show in 1976 and owner was having it shipped to taupo

Yes certainly. There is a special stuff sold at places like M10 and any Paint supplier, called Sandpaper. Apply it vigorously to painted surfaces and the material comes straight off. ;-)

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Yes certainly. There is a special stuff sold at places like M10 and any Paint supplier, called Sandpaper. Apply it vigorously to painted surfaces and the material comes straight off. ;-)

guess lake taupo is staying

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The reason why I suggested Doming resin is that the surface does not easily scratch. Epoxy does. When I say scratch, it is minute surface scratching from just fingers and whatever you place on the table, and that dulls the surface over time. The Doming reason is more like Acrylic being scratch resistant.
Norski here in Blenheim make it and I am pretty sure M10 stock the Norski products. Although it is a lot more expensive than buying from Norski I would expect. So you could try calling them or take a look and see if they have a website.

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get a paper chart

 

either buy it laminated or get it laminated at somewhere like warehouse stationery 

 

Laminatingze

 

A5

$1.79

 

A4

$2.99

 

A3

$3.99

 

A2

$7.99

 

A1

$14.99

 

 

then cut to shape and put under acrylic sheet

 

http://www.mitre10.co.nz/shop/building_supplies/brackets_connectors/orca_panel_ace_acrylic_sheet_1200_x_600mm_clear_212883/

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With the 207 (thanks Clipper) you can cut and polish it I'm told so it must be pretty hard. 

 

Yes indeedy it is very hard. But it isn't about hardness. it is all about what happens to the little fellows called Molecules and in how they fit together.

To really protect any clear surface, you can then spray over a ultra clear Polyurathane coating. Polyurathane is soft and flexible compared to the Epoxy and Polyester, but the surface is very scratch resistant.

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