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Tom on Cape Cod
Member 		posted April 12, 2003 12:39 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for Tom on Cape Cod   Click Here to Email Tom on Cape Cod     
Hello from the North East where maybe some day it may warm up. The question I have is "Does anyone have advice on the cleaning and varnishing of the woodwork (benches / thwart)?" I have been told that 1 part bleach to 3 parts water to clean and then to use a product called "Cetol" to finish. What has anyone else done?
Thanks in advance.
Tom


whited
unregistered 		posted April 12, 2003 12:08 PM           
On the Cl14 we only have wood on the thwart.
The sideseats are part of the fibreglass cockpit.
I lightly sanded the thwart and spread teak oil. Looks great for awhile.

Tom D CL16
Member 		posted April 15, 2003 03:21 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Tom D CL16   Click Here to Email Tom D CL16     
On my old CL16 the benches ahd been varnished. They were peeling and looking poorly. I removed them, sanded, sanded, sanded until I got to wood. I did nothing to cleam up the wood. It looked fairly evenly colored. I then used teak oil. Several coats wiping between each.
My boat is STORED INSIDE the garage when not in use. The seats look great after last summer and I will rub on a coat.
Cetal is a good outdoor preservative.
Don't let the seats get in very bad shape and it is easy to keep a good finish on them.
Good luck and lots of great sailing.
Tom D

Darcy
Member 		posted April 16, 2003 08:09 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for Darcy   Click Here to Email Darcy     
Very good point about keeping up with varnishing & oiling Tom. Once you've got a nice finish it's extremely easy to just add a single touch up coat of varnish at the start of the season. You can go for years this way without a major refinish.

On teak, I've always prefered oil. It's easy to do (I'd rather be sailing). It also tends not to be as slipery when wet if you stand on it (like thwarts, decks, etc.)

Oil is also much easier to apply to areas with all sorts of corners and joints. I helped build a cedar lapstrake canoe once. The outside was varnished (looked awsome) but the inside was oiled. This was the traditional way of finishing these classic craft because of all the ribs and edges on the interior. Again, it wasn't as slippery where you stand. You would just touch up the oil finish (A Spring Ritual) and then go canoeing.

Nothing like a little varnishing or oiling to get the sailing senses going in April.

D'Arcy

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