[Public-list] Removing toe rail and all teak

[5thseason at canada.com]

On Wed, 6 Apr 2005 08:37:40 -0400, "Peter Hay" wrote:

> I to removed my teak toe rail during a complete
overhaul, had no problem removing the old teak plugs
because the wood had been sanded so much there was very
little plug to remove.  This was so bad I considered
replaceing the rail but after a costing forgot that
idea.  My solution after reinstalling like Peter but
did it alone was to mix up  West system epoxy and add
to this teak sanding dust, this gave a very dark brown
mix that I filled each cavity with and afer hardening
sanded.  I had heared of people using West clear epoxy
over teak as a barrier coat and after staining the rail
this is what I did then used a Urethane UV protected
covering of 8 layers.  For the most part this worked
but now found out that the epoxy did not bind to the
oil based stain so I may have to redo soon.

John Boor
MAHSEER #380
>   Bill:
>   I removed my toe rail and all the other wood trim as
> part of a complete
> hull and deck paint this last winter (just finished).
>   Removing the toe rail from #384 is not difficult. 
> The problem is removing
> the teak plugs without damaging the hole edges.  I
> found that to be
> virtually impossible.  In theory the plugs can be
> removed cleanly but I did
> not find that.  The rail does straighten out somewhat
> after removal but
> easily bends back to boat shape.  

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