On Mon, 24 Feb 2014 18:43:46 -0500, Wayne.B wrote:

On Mon, 24 Feb 2014 17:24:34 -0500, "Mr. Luddite"
wrote:

On 2/24/2014 5:21 PM, Wayne.B wrote:
On Mon, 24 Feb 2014 16:33:57 -0500, wrote:

I think winter is over here.
My solars had the hot tub at over 108 when I switched it off.

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That's impressive. I'd really like a hot tub but haven't gotten
around to it yet. It's about time to turn the pool heater back on
however. We're just starting a big sanding and varnishing project on
the big boat and a dip in the pool at end of day is kind of nice.
There are over 200 linear feet of handrails and toe rails plus a 15 x
4 ft teak transom. We're just getting started with stripping, sanding
and cleaning. Fun stuff, free training available.



What do you use on the teak?


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Varnish, Epifanes Wood Finish Gloss, about 8 to 10 coats when starting
from bare wood.

Stripping is done with a heat gun and hook blade scraper; followed by
sanding with 100 grit; bleaching/cleaning where needed; sanding again
with 220 grit; sanding again with 220 after every 2 or 3 coats of the
Epifanes; and ideally a top coat of Epifanes clear gloss. This year
I'm going to try wet sanding with Tung Oil before the first coat of
Epifanes. That is supposed to fill the grain and minimize later
sanding. Stay tuned.

I hired a guy to do all that when we first bought the boat and it
ended up costing over $6K. Now that I'm retired, we're doing it
ourselves.


Good luck with it. Hope all goes well.