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whited unregistered	posted May 22, 2004 11:48 PM The previous owner of my 'Piper painted the visible brightwork and rudder black to match the waterline stripe. I believe this is mahogney wood. I'm thinking of stripping the hand rails, protective rail around gunnels and sliding hatch guides. I'll then use Cetol to get back to a natural finish. As for the rudder...I'm thinking of painting it an off white. Is this what other 'Piper owners have done?
Hyprstitch Member	posted May 23, 2004 08:09 AM I keep touching mine up as needed, the wood finish looks really cool. I'm off to the lake with in the hour.Carter Lake or Lake Dillon. I'll let you all know. Sid
Eric Member	posted May 24, 2004 07:59 PM Don, get rid of that paint!!!!!!!! The rudder blade is a beautiful piece of mahogany! This winter I refinished mine, including the cheek portion and the tiller. I stripped off all the old varnish?, and started with bare wood. I applied 3 coats of West Epoxy to the rudder, blade and cheek. I was able to brush some epoxy up in between the blades of the cheek, that is below the waterline. I sanded the 3rd coat of epoxy to fair. Next came at least 3 coats of Cetol Marine. I had to do some sanding to smoothen out the some brush stokes , so I know there was extra coats of Marine. Then... I applied 3 coats of Cetol Gloss. What a shine! The tiller was finished the same, sans epoxy. Cetol says that it's not recommended below the waterline, but when I talked to my Cetol dealer about it, he said it's in reference to boats with wooden hulls. leaving the rudder below the water for sailing trips should be of no consequence. If I were to moor the boat, as I've done in the past, I remove the rudder. Therefore no antifouling either. The gloss finish looked so good, I went at the cabin top teak! I had previously just refinished the cabin top brightwork (2 seasons ago) with the Cetol Marine. A very light scuff with 330grit, and on with the gloss. In the words of that Billy Crystal character, "j'you wook marvelous baby!!" The gloss finish is an extra couple of applications, and an extra ~$30 for another can of Cetol, but it looks way too nice !! Just follow Cetol's directions. Your brighwork will indeed be brighwork!! I've yet to get pictures, but I'm really proud of the look, so rest assured, the pics will come . Eric

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