This shows how much screen and waxed paper to cut to fit screen. Finally, put the old screen down on top, so it is on the waxed paper. Then lay a piece of wax paper of same size. Lay down a piece of screen material cut into a simple rectangle. (Ask someone who sews, if you have never seen embroidery hoops.)įirst lay out the new screen material as follows. You use the old porthole screen as the inner hoop.
The process uses a method similar to how the hoops that are used for embroidery. (3) one actual screen from your boat–(this will become your template) (2) wax paper (commercial quality–like Reynolds Wrap Wax Paper (generally used for baking or crafts’ projects) (1) non-metalic screen material (Home Depot) The necessary supplies for this project are as follows: We call these bug holes … and in the tropics, all you can do is shut it to keep out the bugs.Īfter looking at this hole for two years … I figured out the solution. A porthole without a screen looks like this.
We have spent five years looking all over the net and through old boat yards, trying to find five missing screens for our portholes. It uses readily available materials to ‘make’ a new screen. If any of you have boats that have missing porthole screens, we have found a way to replace them that is effective, aesthetic, and inexpensive. This blog entry is a way of saying thanks to all the Ingrid readers and owners of other older boats. Replacing lost porthole screens on an Ingrid!
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