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Justin
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Initially Posted - 01/30/2006 : 13:17:56

I thought I’d provide some photos of what West Marine’s Wood-Pro finish looks like. A couple weeks ago after reading all the thread on teak finishes, I decided to go with Cetol Light. Well, I went to West Marine to pick some up and they had their Wood-Pro half off, for about $14. I remembered when reading the threads, someone said they had good results with Wood-Pro and that it is West Marine’s version of Cetol. I decided to try it out since they claim it is supposed to have less color pigment to it than Cetol and still be very durable. I bought the gloss version and went to work. I forgot to take before photos of my rails and companion way boards, but you can see how the unfinished wood on the boat looks compared to my newly finished pieces in the pictures below. It took a lot of sanding and using the power sander really sped things up. I had so much saw dust and it was a mess, but under the old worn wood there was very nice teak. I then applied 4 coats of Wood-Pro and I am pretty happy with the results. It is smooth, glossy, and with the rain this weekend it completely repels water.
Here are the finished rails:

Here are the companion way boards:

And here is a close up of the unfinished trim next to the finished boards.

Now, I just need to finish the remaining bulkhead pieces and the little cockpit cubbies’ trim. One question I have is about the teak plugs. Some of mine are missing and since I already refinished the wood, is it too late to put in new plugs? I would think it would be hard to get them flush since I’d have to sand them to match. Are the plugs really that important or are they just for aesthetics?

Justin
Previous Owner of Sapphire Breeze - 1982 Catalina 25 SK/SR
My sail blog site: https://reveriesailing.com/

Edited by - Justin on 02/11/2006 21:34:32

frog0911
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Response Posted - 01/30/2006 : 19:27:04

Very very nice, well done Justin.

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Justin
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Response Posted - 02/10/2006 : 16:42:54

I completed refinishing my tiller with the Wood-Pro and here are some before and after photos. Such a HUGE difference! I updated my site with a few other pictures.

Edited by - Justin on 02/11/2006 21:37:27

Derek Crawford
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Response Posted - 02/10/2006 : 17:14:08

Justin - on "TSU" the PO had sanded down the cockpit "eyebrows" so often that there is no longer any room to insert a teak plug - the screwheads are almost flush with the teak surface! After 14 years I haven't noticed any deleterious effects

If you do insert plugs, epoxy them into place and then use a very sharp chisel to cut them flush.
Derek

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Oscar
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Response Posted - 02/11/2006 : 20:47:00

Greetings....(Nice new forum...)

Used Woodpro on Lady Kay....maybe four coats are not enough, but after 8 months it's worn in many spots...granted it's been out in the sun every day (Chesapeake till November, now Florida) but I was expecting more.

I did the cockpit grates in boiled linseed oil. Very happy with that. It's holding up, very smooth, does not ding or scratch and beads water like it's Canuba....

Am going to try that on the trim this summer too.

Oscar C-42 #76 Lady Kay (ex C250 WB #618)
Chesapeake/Fort Lauderdale

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Champipple
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Response Posted - 02/11/2006 : 20:59:12

Justin,

The wood looks good. Next time you might try posting the photos as shown below so that you don't stretch the forum with long URL's

That was done by posting the image url from the picture at zoto.com inside a {IMG}http zoto url without spaces here.com{/img} Replace Braces {} with Brackets[]

dw

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Justin
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Response Posted - 02/11/2006 : 21:13:03

Hi Oscar,
Thanks for the input. I guess I'll see how it holds up.

Duane, sorry for posting the long links. Thanks for letting me know how the correct way. I tried several methods, but didn't get it right. I was hoping to post a thumbnail that would click to a larger image, but I couldn't figure it out besides the way I did before. Do you know a way?

Thanks,

Edited by - Justin on 02/11/2006 21:39:55

Champipple
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Response Posted - 02/11/2006 : 22:25:43

[url="http://justin4192.zoto.com/img/45/5e850ebd9ca928e3bc4281b4ce9c5019-.jpg"]click here for larger[/url]

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I replaced the open bracket with one of those Braces

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