: Paul:

: There are actually some of us who prefer the look of commercial
: hatches - especially me. I like how the black breaks up the,
: often, vast expance of wood - my apologies to the purists. I've
: made a S&G and a stripper in the past year and I elected to
: paint both of them.

: There are two ways of recessing the hatch:

: Heres one that will probably work best for your curved deck. It'a
: sctually pretty easy to do :
: http://justyakkin2.blogspot.ca/2012/03/black-pearl-project-hatching-matching.html

: And here's another that is also easy but I only did it on a flat
: deck so I can't comment on a curved:
: http://justyakkin2.blogspot.ca/2011/02/all-decked-out-3rd-step.html

hi Sean / Dan,

thanks for your input. i love the carbon recesses, and it had never crossed my mind to strip the edges of the hatch rim. brill idea.

thanks

paul