[C320-list] Refinishing the cabin sole

[crashley at gte.net]

I guess that's one advantage over having the boat in the water year round, 
but it sounds like a lot of work. I guess the climate dictates what one 
does.

CRA
Rosebud #882


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Quentin Murphy" <qmurphy at sympatico.ca>
To: <C320-List at Catalina320.com>
Sent: Wednesday, March 05, 2008 8:47 AM
Subject: Re: [C320-list] Refinishing the cabin sole


>I removed my sole and hatch boards every fall during the haul-out process.
> I store all the sole screws and salon table pedestal screws in one plastic
> baggie in the chart table.  I made a single plywood hatch board for the
> winter. This way the bilge gets to breathe over winter.  The sole and 
> hatch
> boards get stored with cushions, etc., in my dry heated basement. Around 
> now
> when there are still nasty snow storms, I go into the basement, give the
> sole a light sand, repair any dents and give it a thin coat of Cetol.  The
> sole is then re-installed after the bilge is cleaned just before launch in
> April looking like new every year.
>
> Quentin
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: c320-list-bounces at lists.catalina320.com
> [mailto:c320-list-bounces at lists.catalina320.com]On Behalf Of Pat
> Moriarty
> Sent: March 5, 2008 11:20 AM
> To: C320-List at Catalina320.com
> Subject: Re: [C320-list] Refinishing the cabin sole
>
>
> I wondered if anyone else removed the floor to work on it at home and
> not mess up the boat. So much easier on a table than on your hands
> and knees. I used a water bases floor finish and brused several coats
> then shot the last one for a better finish. I am much better with a
> paint gun than brush.
>
> Pat #130
>
> At 09:52 AM 3/5/2008, you wrote:
>>Larry,
>>
>>Your boat probably had Oxford II acrylic water-based varnish (Target
>>Coatings) on all the interior wood surfaces, satin finish on the sole. The
>>product Catalina is using now is the 7000 series Hybrid varnish, still a
>>water-based product. See the Target Coatings website for more details.
>>Their woodworking forums make great reading.
>>Jeff Weiss, their technical guru, tells me that the Oxford II can easily
>>be recoated with the new 7000 series. Clean and sand lightly, remove all
>>dust with a water moistened cloth (not a solvent based tack cloth). One
>>trick that refinshers use on small dents is to fill with superglue or
>>build the dent up with several layers of the finish lacquer.
>>Do you intend on removing all the sole pieces and spray applying the
>>finish?
>>
>>Karl Mielenhausen
>>
>>
>>On Tue, 04 Mar 2008 23:31:04 -0500, Larry Frank <WindSwept at stx.rr.com>
>>wrote:
>>
>>>Time to refinish the cabin sole.  WindSwept is a 1995 model and through
>>>the
>>>years the sole has taken its share of hits from falling tools, has worn
>>>spots, and has a minor amount of damage at the edges of the removable
>>>sections along the centerline.
>>>
>>>
>>>Having said that it doesn't look really bad and I am not looking for a
>>>perfect job either.  I'd like to improve the appearance and delay further
>>>deterioration.
>>>
>>>
>>>Through the years I have read others advice on this subject.  I searched
>>>the
>>>forums on the website this morning but didn't find anything there.
>>>
>>>
>>>If someone has a thread or writeup on this that has already been written
>>>could you please resend?
>>>
>>>
>>>Recently I read Catalina uses a different varnish on the salon floor and
>>>the
>>>other interior teak.  The email identified the varnish for the other
>>>surfaces, but not the salon floor.  What is the varnish used on the
>>>floor?
>>>
>>>
>>>Regarding the dents, scratches and other damage - I am interested in the
>>>"tips of the trade" used by others to fix these areas.  I know that
>>>sanding
>>>them out is not an option because of the thin laminated teak and holly
>>>layer.  I saw a demonstration at the Miami boat show a few years ago
>>>where
>>>dents were fixed by dripping a small amount of varnish off a brush into
>>>the
>>>depression.  Just enough to bring it back level with the surrounding
>>>surface.  This was done with an oil based high gloss varnish from a
>>>specific
>>>manufacturer.  I don't remember which one.  Has anyone used a similar
>>>technique on their floor?
>>>
>>>
>>>Larry
>>>
>>>WindSwept C320 #246
>>>
>>
>>
>>
>>--
>>Karl Mielenhausen
>>Catalina 320 Hull 690
>>New Bern, NC
>
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