Cleaning up some wood.

[Spookeay]

Well it's a nasty day out side so I spent a Hr in the wood shop today cleaning up one of my sun pad hand rails... Looks nice I think!

 

[skolbe]

Looks great!

 

[sprink56]

Well it's a nasty day out side so I spent a Hr in the wood shop today cleaning up one of my sun pad hand rails... Looks nice I think!

Heather...are you a "Hard Core" boat nut ...or what:thumbsup:

Looks good.

John F

 

[Spookeay]

LOL, Yea John I am I guess.

Some one clear coated all the wood work on the outside.
For the life of me I don't know why? This kind of wood work needs the soft application of oils everyday for a life time.

 

[1956olds]

How do you remove those rails and replace them?Looks like drill out plugs? How deep are they and if so where can i get replacements ? Do you sand flat after reinsertion then oil?Thanks

 

[Henry Boyd]

Th plugs are called 'bungs'. You can buy a plug cutter in various sizes from woodworking supply shops. I got mine from Rockler. The cutter attaches to an electric drill. It cuts in roughly a cone shape. You then use a screw driver to break the plug free. This process creates plugs with the grain going in the same direction as your piece, so after finishing the plug blends in. If you were to use dowels, you end up with an end grain that often will contrast with longitudinal grain.

Heather,

what are you using to clean the teak, or are you just sanding? What do you use for oil? I've had the best results with Watco. It seems to have less dye in it.

Henry

 

[cpt. sundancer]

I used watco last spring after taking off all pieces of teak['81 sundancer has alot of them] and they still look great :thumbsup:

 

[Asureyez]

Nice work!

 

[Spookeay]

Merry Christmas gang.

These were just screwed in. I have the receipts in the books of this boat where it was done aftermarket in Florida in 1983.
I just sanded them with a Air DA then again with 400. I use linseed oil then a coat of wax. And that's it. Finished the other one this morning also under them is a plank of black walnut I am going to cut into trim strips for some parts of the cabin. This black walnut grows wild around here. I had a tree full cut up by a neighbor that has a portable saw mill.:thumbsup:

 

[Spookeay]

And, A bit more.

I removed all the wood around the hatch of the companionway and sanded & oiled that. I guess before it's done I will need to remove all the wood that was outside and clean it all up. I had to replace the kick board. I like the contrasting light and dark woods but I may darken it up some more..

 

[Asureyez]

Black Walnut is so rare in NA, as some beetle killed it all back in the 30's

 

[Spookeay]

Aaaw Gezzz they grow like weeds around here. The nuts are good but hard to get open and will dye your skin black for weeks if you try to open the soft skin over the nut with no gloves..

 

[hemibird]

I have a teak swim step on my boat and was given the advice to use DEP Mildew and Stain remover to clean the wood. I used this product and could not believe the results. DEP product beelched the wood and took out every stain that was deeply imbedded in the wood for only $8.00 a gallon. Amazing, and considerably less then anything your local boat store has to offer.

Rob

P.S. I am no way affiliated with DEP products or receive any compensation for my opinion.

 

[skibum]

Aaaw Gezzz they grow like weeds around here. The nuts are good but hard to get open and will dye your skin black for weeks if you try to open the soft skin over the nut with no gloves..

I'm drooling over that board in the pic. How much is that running per bd/ft down there? I drew up some plans for a bedroom set (2 end tables, 4 post bed, and a blanket chest) a while ago and I have been looking for the "right" walnut for over a year now. The plans are pinned to the wall in my shop just waiting for the tree that contains the furniture to die and find its way to my lumber rack.

Might need to make a road trip...

 

[Spookeay]

I'm drooling over that board in the pic. How much is that running per bd/ft down there? I drew up some plans for a bedroom set (2 end tables, 4 post bed, and a blanket chest) a while ago and I have been looking for the "right" walnut for over a year now. The plans are pinned to the wall in my shop just waiting for the tree that contains the furniture to die and find its way to my lumber rack.

Might need to make a road trip...

Ya know, I don't know who much it would cost from the store. I cut down a walnut and then have it cut up at a friends saw mill.

Here is a link to a commercial site selling it. http://www.woodworkerssource.com/Walnut.html

 

[johnjm1234]

I took the teak wood railing off and wash and sanded it. Then put a oil that was made for teak, it look great for about two weeks then it started to look gray again. So I just started to put more oil on it. It didn't make it any better. Then I read about a product called teak guard, they have a cleaner that you use to clean the wood first and then you put on teak guard. The company claims that you will never use oil again. I like it, my boat sat out in the sun all summer and it looks great. I plan on put a coat on each spring. Hope this helps

 

[Spookeay]

I love to just keep oiling it. Unless you have a bunch of it. LOL... then it can be a headache.

 

[Spookeay]

I cut that walnut plank seen above. I made some new roof to wall trim for the center bulkheads in the 270.

First photo seen some blanks off the table saw.

Then the second is right after polyurethane.

The 3rd photo is the walnut trim beside the original teak trim.

And the 4th is the last coat of poly

 

[Spookeay]

I installed some of the new hand crafted, hand cut Alabama black walnut trim in the 270 tonight.

 

[HUMPH]

Nice! Hell of a project you have there... :smt038