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what is the best cleaner and treatment for the interior wood on my 1979 f-32

I am going to assume that you have teak. You actually have multiple options. We just redid the interior on our F36 and used a couple of different things. We used Murphy's Oil Soap for the most part but on stained areas I used Clorox2 (spray bottle). It cleaned and bleached it evenly. When everything was said and dried then I gave it a couple coats of oil. Some places required a third coat due to the amount of scrubbing. Hope this helps. Its a long and tedious job requiring a lot of patience if you want it looking good. You may have to scrub it again after it dries and see you didn't get all the stains and marks out, thats where the patience comes in. Between my wife and I, we have approx. 40 hours doing the salon (saloon) and galley area. Good luck with it.I have some pic's of the port side b4 I started mine, didn't think to get pic's of the starboard side b4 we started and have after finished. Just don't know how to post them.

Allen Sr wrote:I am going to assume that you have teak. You actually have multiple options. We just redid the interior on our F36 and used a couple of different things. We used Murphy's Oil Soap for the most part but on stained areas I used Clorox2 (spray bottle). It cleaned and bleached it evenly. When everything was said and dried then I gave it a couple coats of oil. Some places required a third coat due to the amount of scrubbing. Hope this helps. Its a long and tedious job requiring a lot of patience if you want it looking good. You may have to scrub it again after it dries and see you didn't get all the stains and marks out, thats where the patience comes in. Between my wife and I, we have approx. 40 hours doing the salon (saloon) and galley area. Good luck with it.I have some pic's of the port side b4 I started mine, didn't think to get pic's of the starboard side b4 we started and have after finished. Just don't know how to post them.

i've had really good results using watco teak oil. trojan recommended this from the very beginning. all in all, it's a great product.

allen, when you used the clorox 2 spray, how did you prevent the carpet from bleaching out?

aaron in baltimore

I also heard to use watco teak oil

I sprayed the clorox onto the brush, also for some reason it wont bleach out the carpet cause I did get some on the carpet and you can't tell it. Still got that wd40 aaron.

Allen Sr wrote:I sprayed the clorox onto the brush, also for some reason it wont bleach out the carpet cause I did get some on the carpet and you can't tell it. Still got that wd40 aaron.

thanks for the info allen, and the wd40. i've been wicked busy flying over the past week. maybe we can meetup in the next day or so. will send a pm w/ my number etc....

On my 78 F-32 I had afew stains and sun bleached bright spots. On the interior wood around the hatches I used a 6" deep tub propped up to the headliner, and cleaned, bleached, and re- oiled. A few years later I decided to remove the oil, and use Sikens. On the inside it will last forever. On other interior surfaces I found a product called "Doozy Wood Cleaner". It cleans the wood but dosen't stain or bleach surrounding fabrics. I then found a Minwax color stain that matched the insides perfectly. Applied it with a lint free cloth and buffed it when it dried. It worked so well, and so easy, I did almost the entire interior. I was an Oil Guy for over 20 years, but never again.

I use 409 on almost everything!