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OJ
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Initially Posted - 05/02/2010 :  05:38:02  Show Profile
I am removing the teak eyebrows so I can strip them. I removed the 6 or so screws and the teak is also held on with some type of adhesive - quite tenaciously I might add!

Has anyone removed these and if so were yours also held with adhesive? How did you remove the eyebrow without breaking it?

Were the forward 6" coming loose like mine? What adhesive did you use to re-apply the strips?
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Dave5041
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Response Posted - 05/02/2010 :  10:12:16  Show Profile
I would use a bedding compound like polysulfide rather than an adhesive and let the mechanical fasteners keep it attached.
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aeckhart
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Response Posted - 05/04/2010 :  12:22:31  Show Profile  Visit aeckhart's Homepage
I tried removing mine to refinish them and one broke in half. I filled the holes and added a half inch blue stripe. Less maintenance, less replacemnt cost, looks......almost as good.

I believe CD has them for $90 a pair if you run into a problem.
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OJ
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Response Posted - 05/04/2010 :  18:40:56  Show Profile
Thanks Dave and Al,

I slipped a thin bladed putty knife behind the eyebrow and discovered the adhesive was actually silicone. Using the knife with a sawing action - I had them off in a few minutes.
I suppose I need to apply some kind of sealer when I reinstall these - else dirt will become lodged behind them and eventually leave dirt streaks down the side the cabin portlites.
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Voyager
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Response Posted - 05/06/2010 :  18:47:17  Show Profile
Mine were quite badly dented when I got them off. I bought a piece of 1x6" x 16" teak, cut the board in half thin-wise, and shaped the eyebrows according to the original pattern.

I redrilled the recessed mounting holes in the same pattern as the original, treated the eyebrow boards with Cetol, bedded the wood with polysulfide, screwed in the short screws and plugged the holes with teak plugs.




They turned out pretty good.
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Stinkpotter
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Response Posted - 05/06/2010 :  21:24:21  Show Profile
Are Bruce and OJ talking about the same "eyebrows"? I assumed OJ was referring to the thin trim that runs above the cabin portlights on the 1989... They're probably a lot more fragile.
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Scooter
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Response Posted - 05/07/2010 :  05:50:36  Show Profile
I haven't tried this but I have heard of people using a guitar string (or piano wire) and using it as a wire saw. I would use the smallest string that isn't the smooth kind? Wrap each end around a block of wood or something and "saw" through the sealant. Being carefull not to cut the boat or wood.

Good Luck.
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aeckhart
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Response Posted - 05/07/2010 :  11:14:41  Show Profile  Visit aeckhart's Homepage
I also thought OJ was referring to the teak "eyebrow" over the cabin windows.

I have long wished that someone would manufacture "plastic" or Starboard parts to replace all the exterior teak on my C25. There is a company that will custom make them but at a huge cost. It could be made in a variety of colors, from white, to shades of gray, to oiled teak, etc.Think of it. Virtually no maintenance but with the same appearance, or shades of gray there-of, as the original.
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Stu Jackson C34
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Response Posted - 05/08/2010 :  13:40:58  Show Profile
We actually call the cabinside thin strips the "eyebrows" (rather than the ones at the aft end in the cockpit - never had a name for those).

What you can do when you remove the wood is pretty limited:

1. one of our skippers put in the smallest screws he could find with finishing washers - he says they visually disappear

2. another finished with compounding and gelcoat and made them look like they were never there

3. another used tape - but his was red!

We, OTOH, like ours and have decided to keep them.

I don't for the life of me know why people try to take them off. A little good quality 3M tape allows a pretty easy job of it for varnishing or cetoling.
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OJ
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Response Posted - 05/08/2010 :  14:35:35  Show Profile
<blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"><i>Originally posted by Stu Jackson C34</i>
<br />. . . We actually call the cabinside thin strips the "eyebrows". . . <hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></font id="quote"></blockquote id="quote">Yep, that's what I am referring to.

<blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">
I don't for the life of me know why people try to take them off . . . <hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></font id="quote"></blockquote id="quote">Yep, me niether except (as I explain above) the forward most 6" were no longer attached so I am removing so I can reattach them better than what the factory did . . . a small bead of 3M 4200 (in addition to the ss screws) perhaps.
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Dave5041
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Response Posted - 05/11/2010 :  13:03:11  Show Profile
<blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">I have long wished that someone would manufacture "plastic" or Starboard parts to replace all the exterior teak on my C25.<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></font id="quote"></blockquote id="quote">
Check CD's new Starboard grab rails. The eyebrows would be easy to fabricate
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