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Just wash the area with a mixture of three ounces of borax powder to a gallon of hot water and rinse thoroughly. I cut down to a depth of 4 plys knowing I needed 3 for some and 2 or 1 for others I.
Each coat took between four and five hours to complete.
Refinishing teak and holly cabin sole. 2 Then use a teak brighter any recommendations to remove some of the dark water stains from the teak. 3 Sand the bare sole with an orbital sander 200-220 grit and wipe down with mineral spirits. 4 Coat the sole top sides and bottom with a coat of clear epoxy should I thin this use penetrating epoxy etc.
I took the 2 x 2 piece of teak and holly sole material up into the shade along with my tools. Set up a guide so that with my 24Volt Circular Saw I can carefully remove strips of Holley. I cut down to a depth of 4 plys knowing I needed 3 for some and 2 or 1 for others I.
To use it. After building up a uniform series of base coats usually six to eight coats with the first ones thinned some and letting it cure place strips of -inch masking tape over the centerline of the -inch holly strips and then mix the powder in the final coat of varnish. A mixture of powdered borax and hot water will do it.
Just wash the area with a mixture of three ounces of borax powder to a gallon of hot water and rinse thoroughly. Next it is time to repair any major dings or cracks with some clear epoxy. Refinishing of your cabin sole.
There are many variables to consider and choices to make both before you start and along the way. We restore soles using a few different approaches. One which requires a controlled environment where we encapsulate each board in clear epoxy before applying varnish.
This includes the top surfaces. Startbrite golden teak oil. Always nonskidish never bubbles up or peals stays looking good in a matte finish sort of way and simple to touch up.
You got nothing to lose by trying it and you can always follow the next 5 thousand suggestions if you dont like it. I am replacing a few sections of teak and holly and will be refinishing all the teak and holly eventually. But what finish to put down.
Durable for foot traffic. Grippy for ease of movement when heeling. Shiny-ish for the wife.
Putting epoxy on the bottom side might be a good idea. This will help prevent the plywood from absorbing moisture and may prolong the life of the cabin sole. Finish the sole with many coats of a good quality semi-gloss or satin varnish.
Most teak and holly soles are just a thin veneer on a sheet of plywood. Left unprotected the sole wont last long nor can it be easily restored. The thinness of the veneer and its location inside the cabin usually precludes the use of either a liquid teak cleaner or a power sander.
Marine-grade plywood panels with teak-and-holly veneer are also readily available and cost much less. Some suppliers offer these with a durable impregnated finish. There are also composite flooring products that simulate teak and holly yet never need varnishing.
Another option is vinyl sheet flooring in a striped teak-and-holly pattern. A recycled plastic vinyl overlay brings new life to a worn-out cabin sole. A fter 45 years the teak-and-holly cabin sole of Captiva my 1970 Morgan 33 was not looking so great.
I couldnt imagine that refinishing the sole was going to give me the like-new look I wanted and for a while I considered replacing the sole with new teak-and-holly plywood laminate. Refinish cabin sole Here is how to do it to get better than factory results. Remove the deck and work on it outside of the boat.
The veneer is very thin but you can sand it carefully with 100 grit paper to remove the old finish and clean up the wood. Keep the machine 13 sheet orbital sander moving over the surface at all times. Each coat took between four and five hours to complete.
Here we are making tradeoffs between beauty and utility. The more you sand now using 320 grit the smoother the surface gets resulting in a more perfect finish. However the surface also gets thinner resulting in less durability.
Our fancy teak cabin sole Teak and Holly is offered in either a 1 mm veneer face or a custom 15 mm veneer face. You may also custom-order cabin sole from other species. We also carry Marine Teak Decking Residential Teak Decking Teak Lumber and Teak Flooring.
Refinishing the cabin sole was the latest undertaking. The Sea Sprite 30s were not finished with the traditional teak and holly but rather a sole of what I suppose is solid teak planks with a dark mahogany finish. At any rate while the sole was in decent condition it was clear that refinishing would dramatically improve the appearance of the.
Teak Holly Interior Marine Flooring CFlor So durable that its been used on US Navy vessels and countless luxurious cruise lines These interiors are the most durable and convincing materials in the market and used by many manufacturers like Ocean Yachts Sea Ray Donzi Hatteras Chaparral and Viking to name a few. Holly is the white line. Used in the cabin-sole.
Process but is rarely the. It is a white maple or Ramin or similar white wood used. The main width of the teak here is 607mm 2 38 with the Holly being 6mm 14 This is available in 4 x 8s and 4 x 10s.
I need to refinish interior cabin sole. Teak and holly ply pretty decent shape the finish is dulled and just wearing through in a couple of spots. Sole needs to be refinished in place not boards taken back to the shop.
The boat is shrinkwrapped with a zipper. Im thinking Epifanes rubbed effect varnish. In my case the floors and the plywood soles base were basically intact so I moved on to preparing the old sole for its facelift.
First I went over the sole with a number 36-grit disc on a grinder to remove the loose edges and roughen the surface. To remove oils and dirt I gave the sole a thorough washing with acetone. When dry I filled all the low spots with epoxy resin thickened with talc powder to the consistency of.
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Sole Refinish Tips Christian I cant imagine that your sole is not a plywood veneer. All the new TH plywood I could find has wider teak and narrower holly than I have. The holly is whiter too maybe that is just age.
I had to make the custom board by the mast because none of the new TH scraps matched. Teak And Holly Plywood.