quicky
 

Was a super nice day out today. Should have taken the boat out, but decided to do a quick paint job. Repainted the floor that had been annoying me all summer. Gonna add a second coat Thursday and maybe try and paint the sides, but not impressed with any of the boat paints. Seem not to cover well on the sides and also run. Plus at $32.00 a quart for Interlux, it sholl roll itself on by itself.
Hoping to get out this weekend, Suposed to be nice all week.

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Re: quicky
 

Teak needs a major staining. Looks like such a pain in the A$$ to remove the doors and side trim. Wanna stain it once and leave it alone for good. Not sure if you can teak and then add a one coat exterior gloss finish that stays for good.

Re: quicky
 

My Baby !! ;)

http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f1...r/DSC02047.jpg

Re: quicky
 

She look alot better with an enclosure !! :'( :'( :'(

Re: quicky
 

Make new doors from startboard and never worry again!!

I like the way wood looks, But I hate taking care of it!! There is no time or room for wood on might boat!!

Re: quicky
 

Use Sikkens Cetol Marine Light on your teak, it looks great. Cetol is a satin finish. There is a Cetol Gloss top coat, but I think it's for interior use only. The Cetol has a stain in it so it will brighten up the gray wood.

http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c8...0/DSCF1375.jpg

Re: quicky
 

Very nice look Gmc ;)

Re: quicky
 

Oh yes, it's cheap, too. All that wood took 2 quarts to do 3 coats on everything. The stuff was on sale for $20 a quart at West Marine.

Re: quicky
 

Thanks, I'll check it out once I get this damm painting done. I hate painting !!, I'm a hammer and saw man myself. ;D

Re: quicky
 

Try stripping the teak down to remove the gray and then apply three coats of McCluskey’s Man-O-War gloss.
It works well for me and lasts a long time.

Here is a teak hatch.


http://i87.photobucket.com/albums/k1...t/DSC01083.jpg


Here is oak rails.


http://i87.photobucket.com/albums/k1...t/DSC01077.jpg

Re: quicky
 

Thats the Stuff Turbin. I used it years ago on a Mantel shelf. Super glossy, that I like.
What do you use to strip it down with and what stain did you use, or did you just use teak oil and then glossed ??

Re: quicky
 

Oh well, no painting today. Deck is still wet from the rain we had last night. So who has an nice heated, wall to carpeted garage with a bar and hot that I could pull my boat into and let somebody else work on while I'm at the bar and in the hot tub. My dream Garage ;D

Re: quicky
 

This is a test, I'm trying to post a pic. *This is a dash vic made that is coated in cetol the wood is ipe.



http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e2...daddy/dash.jpg

Re: quicky
 

I love working with ipe... nice job

Re: quicky
 

phatdaddy, is the dash one piece of ipe, or did you join smaller boards together? Looks nice.

Re: quicky
 

It's actually 3 pieces glued together. Vic cut a groove down the inside edge and cut a strip to fit in it, then glued them together. He routed the edges and cut the holes for me. I was going to build it out of starboard, but he does custom deck work and had some scrap left over. It looks great and matches the other teak.

Re: quicky
 

This is a picture I tried to put in the above post. Still working on by comp skills



http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e2...addy/dashd.jpg

Re: quicky
 

WOW, what a big differnce some stain makes. Thats my winter project once I get my boat back.

Re: quicky
 

Hammer it also comes in satin if needed. I used a scrapper to remove old varnish and then a random orbit sander starting with 80 grit then 120 and then 220. I just applied the new varnish without oil. Used a fine synthetic wool between coats.

Re: quicky
 

This is the port rod box with the trim and rod holders coated with cetol. Notice I reversed the holders. I put the two "butt" end of the holders on one side, and then the two hanging end holders on the starboard side. This allowed me to run the two strips of teak and create a shelf on the rod box for small stuff, mask snorkel etc.

http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e2...y/rodboxes.jpg

Re: quicky
 

Looking good. What is the name of the color stain you went with.

Re: quicky
 

3 coats of cetol base and 3 coats of gloss. Boaters world has some stuff called armada tha works well. I used it on a 13 ft whaler i have.

Re: quicky
 

Cetol Base, ok got it. Thought it would be solid oak or cherry wood stain or something like that.