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<div>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...</div>
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color="#0000FF">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.</font></blockquote>
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<b>From:</b> Bob Chambers [mailto:BlueDolphin@rivnet.net]<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Monday, June 24, 2002 12:55 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> public-list@alberg30.org<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Alberg30] Advice on Restoring Gunwhales,
Lazarettes, Hatches</font><br>
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<blockquote><font face="Arial" size="-1">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.</font></blockquote>
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<blockquote><font face="Arial" size="-1">Bob
Chambers</font></blockquote>
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