Trojan Boat Forum

Hi all....

Happy New Year first of all.....

Just thought I'd post this to share something I tried with Cetol and Cetol Gloss....

I built a table top over Christmas.....the base wood is pine, topped with a teak veneer. The border is oak. The border is stained with miniwax red oak to pull colours from the salon. after building all that, I routed out the border to add the inlay banding.

On the teak veneer, is three coats of cetol marine light, topped by five coats of cetol marine gloss. Nothing extraordinary here.

But because it was a table for my cockpit, i wanted as high gloss a finish as possible, and though helmsman spar varnish might have been better, I figured that the Cetol would hold up longer.

The difference here is the application. The five coats of marine gloss, were thinned to 50% using special thinner 216, and then hand rubbed. I only sanded once between coats, after the fourth coat with 600 grit. The final coat was thinned to about 30% and also hand applied.

I posted it as azknobel didn't think it possible, and that it would affect the gloss, but I think it proves that it can be done for certain bright work
Mating the table to legs next week, I'll post another pic in better light

cheers

G

Nice job George, looks very nice....should look great in the cockpit...nice touch with the inlay. Did you make the inlay ?....Mike

thanks mike......

The inlay comes in strips, all different patterns and widths - buy them from a shop on Montreal. But the plus has been - aside that I don't have to make and cut them - is that the inlay gives a continuity to a number of pieces. My dinette table, my tv stand and the cockpit table all share the same inlay. The galley counter is the same teak veneer.

As for the inlay it's a bit of chore only in that its slightly wider than my 1/4 inch router bit so needs two passes.

The legs are done, just waiting for a roto hinge to be delivered - very hard to source in actual stores - had to order online

G

Looks great! Nice job!