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49 Grand Banks
"Before" Photos |
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Aft Wall: Shows previous varnish flaking off. |
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Rails: Shows water stains at joints and discoloration of varnish on rails. |
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Aft Wall: Edges of varnish have worn away, letting water and moisture in. |
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Rails: Varnish scraped off in one area and peeling off in another area. |
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Aft Wall: Dark areas where water and moisture have penetrated through peeling varnish, causing water stains in wood. |
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Hatch Track: Varnish on hatch rails has almost completely worn off. |
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Hatch Door: Varnish almost completely gone on sides of hatch doors. |
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Hatch Door: Water stains have seeped in on edges of hatch door due to peeling varnish in those areas. |
Sanding and Prepping |
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#1 Aft Wall: Old varnish on aft wall has been removed using a heat gun and scraper. |
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#5 Aft Wall: A close-up of cleaned/brightened/sanded wood. |
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#2 Aft Wall: Some water stains still show up, but these will be removed when wood is cleaned with a 2-part solution. |
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#6 Aft Wall: Applying coats of clear coat base. |
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# 3 Aft Wall: Another photo of aft wall after removing varnish. Teak steps and platform will be cleaned and brightened in the end. |
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#7 Aft Wall: After 2 coats of clear coat base. |
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# 4 Aft Wall: Wood has been cleaned, brightened and sanded to prepare for the epoxy-based clear coat that will seal the wood and keep it moisture-proof. Teak steps and platform have also been cleaned and brightened. |
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#8 Aft Wall: After the final coat of clear coat base. A few coats of varnish will be applied over this in the next few days. |
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Rails: This photo shows the rails lightly sanded. There are areas that have dark water stains (mostly on the joints) where they will be taken down to bare wood. | ||
Testing and Fixing Areas |
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This varnished test area shows the difference between the bare wood (darker section) and the section of the railing that has been lightly sanded, but not taken down to bare wood. They don't match because the old varnish is extremely yellowed from fading and no longer has an amber color to it. This makes it difficult to match to the bare wood when patch coating. In this case, the railings must be taken down to bare wood in all areas because the old varnish no longer has UV and water protection capabilities. (The railings look more yellowed "in person". This picture doesn't show that.) |
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Another photo of a varnished test area to show that the railings should be taken down to bare wood. |
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We took this railing section down to bare wood and quickly varnished it to see the difference it would make. It makes a huge difference! When taken down to bare wood, the railing gives off it's amber glow again instead of the yellowed color it had even after being lightly sanded. (You can still see a few discolorations in this section, but that's because we wanted to do a quick varnish test and didn't bother completely sanding so we could do a quick test.) |
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"Almost Done" |
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These are the railings with 6 coats of varnish. They repel water well. (It was pouring rain the day I took these.) |
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This photo shows how the rails come together smoothly (no more black water stains) and have a nice protection and shine to them. |
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The hatch door was completely taken down to bare wood so we could remove the water stains. This photo shows it with a few coats of varnish on it. We were in the middle of sanding it before the next coat of varnish, but it started to rain, so we had to stop sanding, which is why the door looks dulls in this photo. |
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Flag pole |
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No more water stains where the stanchions are. |
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Eyebrow trim - in this photo, it has been sanded in between coats of varnish. It was taken down to bare wood because of water stains all along the trim. It has 5 coats of varnish at the moment. |
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Interior paint - Holly touched up the line in the aft cabin. |
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Finished aft cabin. All cabins and heads are now painted and finished. |
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