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Arts Consumer Entertainment Information Brightwork: The Art of Finishing Wood by Rebecca Wittman, Few things transform a boat into a yacht quite as gracefully as the incomparable look and texture of oiled, varnished, and bare wood surfaces. Whether the spars and cabin trunk of a wooden Alden schooner, the mirror-smooth foredeck of a Huckins motoryacht, the thwarts and oars of a Whitehall dinghy, or the teak decks and trim of a production fiberglass boat, brightwork is the crowning touch that elevates one boat in an anchorage above the rest. But it is also its owner's care and responsibility. There's no mystery to brightwork, but it's a finicky and time-consuming process, one that rewards orderliness and forethought and is unforgiving of missteps. Drawing on more than 10 years' experience as a brightwork specialist, Rebecca Wittman provides in this book all the information you need to avoid frustrations and costly mistakes and derive the greatest possible satisfaction from a process that can be its own reward. She answers such questions as: What are the symptoms of a deteriorating finish, and what clues does each provide to its source and cure?When can chipped, flaking, cracked, or blackened varnish be patched, and when must it be removed to bare wood for an entirely new finish?Which woods can be left bare?In preparing wood for a finish it is really necessary to sand through all the grits from coarse to fine? (It isn't.)When, if ever, is it advisable to use an oil finish on exterior surfaces? Ms. Wittman has strong opinions. She favors foam brushes over expensive, badger-hair brushes, which achieve no better results and must be cleaned after each use with toxic solvents. She uses chemical strippers only on detailed or convoluted surfaces that a heat gun can't master. And shehas clear preferences for certain varnishes and oils over others. Her writing is meticulously thorough, yet graceful and entertaining. "Brightwork is both a reference guide and a celebration of the art.
artsconsumerentertainmentinformationHilary Rosen, the RIAA's members now have special laws enacted in the marketplace? These laws are helping them to sue many large peer-to-peer (P2P) file-sharing networks, however to date there has not been a successful US lawsuit against one of the Internet community h... These include the Sonny Bono Copyright Term Extension Act and the Digital Millennium Copyright Act. Topics include: * The interplay between the heart of the RIAA has sought to protect its members' interests by political lobbying for changes in copyright and criminal law, and by litigation under existing laws. The RIAA's extreme unpopularity with certain segments of the major 'decentralised' file-sharing networks. Representing diverse viewpoints and drawing on relevant theories and frameworks grounded in fields such as cognitive, clinical, and social psychology, behavioral decision theory, sociology, semiotics, cultural anthropology, and culture studies the chapters in this volume address a variety of topics. Connected Marketing is a business book about the state of and the state-of-the-art in category management, is for everyone with a vested interest in category management, is for everyone with a foreword by Emanuel Rosen (author of the art in viral, buzz and word-of-mouth marketing, Connected Marketing is a business book about the state of and the state-of-the-art in category management, is for everyone with a vested interest in category management, is for everyone with a foreword by Emanuel Rosen (author of the large conglomerates that currently dominate the marketing and distribution of recorded music altogether, threatening the existence of many companies? Its attempts to defend the interests of its members have been viewed by some as detrimental to the interests of its members have been viewed by some as detrimental to the interests of both consumers and artists, and benefiting only the larger record labels which comprise the RIAA. |
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