[Alberg30] Advice on Restoring Gunwhales, Lazarettes, Hatches

[Wally Moran]

remember THE RULE - anything you want to do on a boat will take you 
twice as long and cost three times as much as you 
anticipate...something to contemplate while everyone goes to their 
corners for the upcoming Wood Finish debate...

>Thanks Bob.  I'll save for future reference, and I promise to incite 
>the "Wood Finish" debate once I'm done with prep.  What I'm really 
>after now is recommendations on the ease of removing/reinstalling 
>the teak, except for toe rail (I'll leave that and restore in 
>place).  While most exterior teak pieces look easy to remove & 
>reinstall (toe rail excluded), I'd hate learn that assembly is 10 
>times more difficult than reassembly.  Looking for encouragement 
>that most average, weekend, do-it-yourselfers can remove and 
>reinstall teak without compounding problems.  Or looking for prudent 
>warnings that I'd better leave teak in place...that the 
>nook-and-cranny sanding effort is far less than the remove-reinstall 
>effort.  Will apply the Millionaire show technique, Ask the Audience.
>
>  -----Original Message-----
>From: Bob Chambers [mailto:BlueDolphin at rivnet.net]
>Sent: Monday, June 24, 2002 12:55 PM
>To: public-list at alberg30.org
>Subject: Re: [Alberg30] Advice on Restoring Gunwhales, Lazarettes, Hatches
>
>I cannot speak too highly of Armada Gloss for the exterior teak. 
>Armada is made by some ex-cetol people and I feel is a slightly 
>superior product.  Better color and more of natural wood grain comes 
>through.  Have had on my boat for three years now in tropic sun and 
>much of it still looks good.  I DO NOT sand between coats, to the 
>contrary, you want as much buildup as possible.  I put on four 
>coats.  In theory, one maintenance coat each year after washing well 
>will preserve it.  I just got lazy so now after three years, I will 
>sand down and re-do.  Still, it is far easier than varnish and looks 
>almost as good.  Also, you can touch up if you get a ding unlike 
>varnish.
>
>Bob Chambers


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