What to use on old interior wood paneling?

fxsales

fxsales

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1990 Laguna Cuddy
Twin 1997 Mariner 135's
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1997 twin Mariner 135's
Hey Y'all,
I'm going to try and take a chunk out of my interior restoration/cleaning this weekend. I can't bring myself to replace all the dark paneling in my 76 300sv right now. I'd love to lighten up the interior, but it isn't inthe cards right now. My whole saloon, galley, head are done with what looks like quality paneling. It's look like it was near a walnit finish. I tried googling to find a good paneling wax/polish. I remeber in the old days when Pledge used to be a real wax, and would shine almost anything. I've got it clean, but would like to bring back some of the lustre for right now.

What do you use?

Thanks
John
 
Can you post some pics of the paneling? I think you could use any good furniture polish.
 
John, I am not sure this applies or if you can still buy it anymore. When I was a kid we used to do all the interior wood with a coat of Liquid Gold. It was on a 1964 30 ft Pacemaker at the time. It sure made it look good. I don't know anything other that Johnsons Furniture paste wax now.
 
The condition of the finish really matters. Is it still hard, or has it become tacky and slighly gummy to the touch?

Has it aligatored in places?

Has it developed shadow areas.

How dark has it become with age vs. original or areas not as exposed to UV light?

If the finish is still tight and not breaking down and the finish has not seriously darkened, consider using a furniture refinishing system such as "Forenby's" which can be found in most high end paint stores.

These products soften the top layer of finish and allow it to be re spread around. The solvents are aggressive so this is only called for when the finish is over the hill. In a multi step porcess you solvent clean, then apply a solvent based finish, then a wax/polish.

This system Forenby's and other similar brands can bring finishes back form the dead.
 
Thank you for the responses,

The paneling is not sticky or alligatored and for the most part is in like new condition, sans shine. The P/O kept it clean, and there was very little sun or U/V allowed in that part of the cabin. Here's a pic right after I bought her. Sorry for the mess... I have since removed the ginormous microwave and replaced it with an LCD TV, and removed most of the stickers from the helm panel (except the glow in the dark fire extinguisher)
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I was leaning towars the liquid gold, or old english, or even orange-glo, but have read some less-than-favorable stuff on the orange-glo. I don't think it needs a whole 3-step, as the P/O kept it up for the 20 years they owned the boat.

Thanks!
John
 
I just bought a can of Scotts Liquid Gold at Home Depot and did the interioer trim of my 88 340. Still works better than anything else. Made it look like new.
 
fxsales said:
Hey Y'all,
I'm going to try and take a chunk out of my interior restoration/cleaning this weekend. I can't bring myself to replace all the dark paneling in my 76 300sv right now. I'd love to lighten up the interior, but it isn't inthe cards right now. My whole saloon, galley, head are done with what looks like quality paneling. It's look like it was near a walnit finish. I tried googling to find a good paneling wax/polish. I remeber in the old days when Pledge used to be a real wax, and would shine almost anything. I've got it clean, but would like to bring back some of the lustre for right now.

What do you use?


I used lemon oil to refresh the wood and I also have found that meguires canvas cleaner has worked great on the headliner(sparingly). You are correct they did use a nice quality multi - ply plywood to bad it was not just smooth veneer instead of paneling look.I chose to work around the paneling by using a monochromatic color scheme which in my opinion helps for more of a timeless look. I always have trouble adding pictures but if you are interested you can look up my picture album.
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Thanks All
Bought Liquid gold, since in South Florida rainy season you have to have plan B.
Plan B it was... short story short,,, it looks much better... It's still drinking, but looks much better

thanks
j
 
I believe that era SR had real 100% wood interior...I only wish! Keep using the Liquid Gold until it does not drink any more. My friend does his 42 Carver ACMY annually with Liquid Gold. The boat looks as if it were coming off the showroom floor.

Good luck.
 
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