JohnCT wrote:The trick to getting good adhesion is sand to good clean solid wood, wash liberally with acetone to remove the surface oils, then apply multiple light, even coats of new varnish with a quality brush
Depending on how bored you are, multiple coats can be 5 or 50 depending on the look you want.
Thanks John. To bad you are not in the SFO area. My Son plays Viola and my wife has an old Violin that we would like to get restored that was her grandfathers.
From the look of the work, I could tell you knew your way around wood. Did not realize your expertise plays such an important role. Thank you for all the music your helped create.
JohnCT wrote:Needed to rebed the genoa car tracks and the plastic spacer and stops were not usable.
I had some teak laying around
Hi JohnCT, Assuming the "CT" indicates Connecticut?
Living in the SF Bay Area and I am looking to do something very simular, but I cannot find anyplace to buy Teak trim. Did you cut it out of a larger sheet or can you advise where you get it.
Nice job.
Mike L.
Home Depot has Teak Strips in the exact dimensions - I'm in Davis, CA
No wood to take care for was one of the big draw card toward a MAc for me, yes it looks a little sterile but not having to worry about sanding and varnishing is a very attractive option IMHO.
Less time sanding and varnishing = more time sailing
Yeah, it's another one of those religious questions when you start talking to sailors about wood on a boat.
The traditional orthodoxy feels more spiritual with the proper wood adornments and it connects the sailboat with a rich history of shipbuilding that has passed down over many centuries.
Some of us are in the "reformed" church of naval design and we tend to bend the rules a bit.
I am sort of steeped in the traditional church but do myself enjoy the freedoms of modern beliefs and catch myself skipping some of the old rituals, (sacrilegious).
I know, it's like a morman that drinks beer.
In the old days ignoring the traditions was temping wrath from the gods. I'm still mixed up a bit on the subject so I guess I will go get some mahogany strips and poly them up and cover the plastic rails along my sliding hatch. Perhaps using mahogany will be enough to appease the teak gods.
sailboatmike wrote:No wood to take care for was one of the big draw card toward a MAc for me, yes it looks a little sterile but not having to worry about sanding and varnishing is a very attractive option IMHO.
Less time sanding and varnishing = more time sailing
It looks sterile because it's not an early . Seriously, one of the reasons I decided on my instead of a two or three year old was the look of the wood (fake looking laminate) trim around the windows. It just looked better to the interior designer in me. I just wanted a Mac, and as far as I was concerned, it looked nicer. Is there any better reason to choose a sailboat
sailboatmike wrote:No wood to take care for was one of the big draw card toward a MAc for me, yes it looks a little sterile but not having to worry about sanding and varnishing is a very attractive option IMHO.
Less time sanding and varnishing = more time sailing
It looks sterile because it's not an early . Seriously, one of the reasons I decided on my instead of a two or three year old was the look of the wood (fake looking laminate) trim around the windows. It just looked better to the interior designer in me. I just wanted a Mac, and as far as I was concerned, it looked nicer. Is there any better reason to choose a sailboat
Ray
Spoken like one of the true believers. Pray for the rest of us Ray, I hope our souls are not lost yet.
What better reason to buy a boat other than you like the look of it, and we the lucky Mac owners get all that style and a great boat in on the bargain.
. Seriously, one of the reasons I decided on my 
was the look of the wood (fake looking laminate) trim around the windows. It just looked better to the interior designer in me. I just wanted a Mac, and as far as I was concerned, it looked nicer. Is there any better reason to choose a sailboat 