Varnish or Oil

Vitaliy · Post by **Vitaliy** » Mon Apr 30, 2012 9:03 pm

Well the deck is finally complete except for some minor finish work on all the siding and such, and it came out gorgeous with my technique even thou i think that a lot of you don't agree, however it worked for me

ill upload picks tomorrow since its dark outside and its all wet after the boat hose down.

rbcool · Post by **rbcool** » Tue May 01, 2012 6:10 pm

Love the look on your railing sections. You guys have talked me into Cetol!!

Ron

rbcool · Post by **rbcool** » Wed May 02, 2012 4:11 pm

Here's the sheet I found on Cetol. A local Brughtwork guy told me, like you guys, sometimes the temp and humidity can affect the dry time. He also recommends putting your coats on late morning when the sun has heated things up.

http://www.thestoremasons.com/images/el ... nGuide.pdf

p.s. didn't Don Ho sing Tiny bubbles??

Ron

Fishblues · Post by **Fishblues** » Wed May 02, 2012 5:04 pm

I had my railing hardware re-chromed and put new springs in the locks. I just could not put the worn out chrome back on after spending all that time varnishing.

gettaway · Post by **gettaway** » Wed May 02, 2012 5:17 pm

wow looks great, hard to believe thats Cetol

alexander38 · Post by **alexander38** » Wed May 02, 2012 7:08 pm

that is sharp...lots of coats....

RWS · Post by **RWS** » Thu May 03, 2012 6:28 am

I love Cetol, that is until you get a chip . . .

anyway isn't it interesting how ANAL we all are about these 20-30-40 yer old boats?

present company included of course!

RWS

oldboat1 · Post by **oldboat1** » Sat May 05, 2012 12:24 am

may be jumping in too late, but (maybe for future reference) have you considered epoxy for the decking and other bright work -- West System or equivalent. Over the winter, I refinished the swim platform on my 1980 F25, and sanded off an epoxy finish that a prior owner had applied, apparently some time ago. There were some chips, and I decided just to take it all back whether it was epoxy or varnish. Sanding it off was not a problem. I did an oil finish this time, as that seems to match the treatment on the other teak trim (This is a plastic boat, of course, without the nice teak decks you have.) But I've used epoxy on teak before, as well as mahogany, and the results are very good. You still have to varnish to provide UV protection. but varnishing over an epoxy base is easy and the results are great -- less chipping or flaking too, as the epoxy is stable. An oily wood like teak has to be very dry to accept either varnish or epoxy, so sun-dried and a little neglected is just fine.

Anyway, just a thought.