Official "My Doodness" Restoration Thread

bkdude

bkdude

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1984 Sundancer SRV 245
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5.7L Mercruiser 260
Since my new to me boat has officially come home. I thought I would take a few minutes to post some pictures.
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This is her finally in the water at the dock

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the first time I have seen her leave the dock!!!! this was a very special moment for me!


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Out on the St. Clair River. If you look between the clouds and the water, you can see the Bluewater Bridge!

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This is my first action shot! lol It's us splashing down over a swell in Lake Huron. This was quite an experience for me!



So I didn't take any more pictures that day but basically after this ride, we took the boat back to the dock and I dropped of the guy fixing the boat. Then I took it over to the public marina and slept on the boat that night. It was very fun! the boat barely moved in the water becuase the water was so calm on the river (black river not St. Clair)

My brother came and picked my up in the morning, we went out for a little ride down the St. Clair river (instead of up like the night before) then he safely brought her home and parked her in my driveway!

This is where this thread starts. I have started the OFFICIAL "My Doodness" Restoration Thread where I will be posting pictures of me cleaning the "SS Filth" and making her look like she did when she floated off the assembly line. Yes, I know they don't float down an assembly line. I just like to picture them that way
 
I wanted to start with something fun so I decided to pull off one of the rails by the transom door and start sanding. It's amazing what a little love can do to these things!

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Before

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After
 
very nice...and if sanding teak is fun for you drop by my boat
you will be orgasmic by the time you're done :lol:
 
moparlvr4406 said:
very nice...and if sanding teak is fun for you drop by my boat
you will be orgasmic by the time you're done :lol:
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Thanks but I think that there's enough teak on this thing to keep me "Feeling Good" for a long time. I plan on sanding every piece of teak on this thing. God knows after 31 years it needs it! I just need to find a place to buy teak oil at wholesale cost.

so my question now to you is, If I want my teak to be smooth and shiny, what do I need to do now? it's not exactly rough but it doesn't have that "Finished Wood" feel to it now. All I did was take the scum layer off with some 80 grit sandpaper and spray some furniture polish on it which has already evaporated.
 
furniture polish .........Hummmmm? wax,you will be sanding forever to get that off. Are you going to varnish,or Oil it?
 
I'll answer that as soon and I get to look at the aftica link :grin:
 
Awesome that you got it in the water and welcome to the Blue Water Area. After going out the Black River and into the St. Clair River the change is awesome. The view is beautiful . I have been boating in the Port Huron area for years and I still cant get over the beauty we have here. Next time if you go north from the boat launch there is Bridge Harbor Marina. See Mark there he will give you a great rate.
 
moparlvr4406 said:
I personally like the satin of just oil
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+1 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

I use boiled linseed oil on my teak, and it produces a gorgeous deep golden honey color. I tried sanding and varnishing the first time, and the varnish flaked off after one year. Re-sanded and oiled...haven't looked back. Oiling is the way to go! :thumbsup:
 
Ten Years Gone said:
+1 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

I use boiled linseed oil on my teak, and it produces a gorgeous deep golden honey color. I tried sanding and varnishing the first time, and the varnish flaked off after one year. Re-sanded and oiled...haven't looked back. Oiling is the way to go! :thumbsup:
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I really like that Idea. I think that's the look I'm going for I'll give that a try.
 
here's another before picture. As you can see the vinyl is shot. I am going to clean it up for now but I am definitely going to be replacing this all.

BEFORE!! (YUCK)
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but the reason I'm posting this picture is about the wood at the bottom. I'm almost certain this isn't teak :smt001 I'm looking for simple solution to replace this wood. I know there's the virtracore (maybe) stuff that was the original laminate. I'm not convinced I want to get into the whole laminate deal because ALL the wood that's outside looks like this so it's going to be very time consuming to replace all of it (including the captains bench seat with the fold down back sides)

I'm very interested in seeing what others have done with this sort of situation.


P.S. if you look in the upper right hand side you can see that piece of wood I took a picture of earlier put back on the boat
 
bkdude said:
here's another before picture. As you can see the vinyl is shot. I am going to clean it up for now but I am definitely going to be replacing this all.

BEFORE!! (YUCK)
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but the reason I'm posting this picture is about the wood at the bottom. I'm almost certain this isn't teak :smt001 I'm looking for simple solution to replace this wood. I know there's the virtracore (maybe) stuff that was the original laminate. I'm not convinced I want to get into the whole laminate deal because ALL the wood that's outside looks like this so it's going to be very time consuming to replace all of it (including the captains bench seat with the fold down back sides)

I'm very interested in seeing what others have done with this sort of situation.


P.S. if you look in the upper right hand side you can see that piece of wood I took a picture of earlier put back on the boat
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I'm pretty sure this stuff is teak and it will come back to "near new" condition just by giving it a quick sanding with 180 grit and then 240 grit, followed by a few coatings of the "product of your choice" There's a thread that covers the various opinions of different owners with regards to the use of teak oil versus varnish etc. I prefer teak oil because of it's simplicity but we shouldn't really start bantering about that subject on THIS thread. I'll see if I can dig the original threads up for ya.
 
Woah,, this is a WHACK of info:smt119. Copy and paste the following phrase into google and you'll get pages of opinions. site:clubsearay.com "teal oil"

Good luck. (I'd go with the teak oil):grin:
 
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Chris Nowell said:
I'm pretty sure this stuff is teak and it will come back to "near new" condition just by giving it a quick sanding with 180 grit and then 240 grit, followed by a few coatings of the "product of your choice" There's a thread that covers the various opinions of different owners with regards to the use of teak oil versus varnish etc. I prefer teak oil because of it's simplicity but we shouldn't really start bantering about that subject on THIS thread. I'll see if I can dig the original threads up for ya.
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so what you are telling me is all this wood (not just the trim) is teak?
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I'm worried about sanding this stuff because I don't want to discover it's a thin teak laminate and I sanded right through the entire layer of teak (because it's so rotten)

As you can clearly see. it's ALL in bad condition but hey I knew what I was getting into. I'm just excited at what it will look like when I finish it.

Brian
 
The trim is teak. The main panels are the laminate. You'll either need to paint the panels or try to retire them. But they look pretty far gone.
The teak trim along the edges is restorable.
 
I've been scouring the internet with no luck about what these things are called or where to find them. Can anyone out here in the CSR world help me out?

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What I'm trying to find is the plastic pieces that go into the track where the arrow is above. Does anyone know what these things are called or where I could buy new ones? the old ones have split and broken inside the tracks. Thanks
 
Big Island Lifer said:
The trim is teak. The main panels are the laminate. You'll either need to paint the panels or try to retire them. But they look pretty far gone.
The teak trim along the edges is restorable.
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retire them? lol is that some sort of boating term or do you mean retire as in put them out to pasture.That was the reason for the original post. I'm pretty sure I'm going to have to rebuild these panels but what have others done. I know relaminating new panels is an option but like I said in the previous post, there's so much wood that I'm affraid that relaminating all this would would be to daunting of a task. I HATE painting because it seems very artificial and doesn't really fix the problem, it just hides it. so I'm wondering what others have done in this sort of situation. just trying to weigh my options.
 
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