[C320-list] Cabin wood , cabin sole.

[Ted Barto]

When new the narrow holly is light and the teak is darker, exposure to 
sunlight causes them to change color, if you remove the table base you'll 
see the colors are the exact opposite. The teak veneer is extremely thin and 
will bear only the lightest of sanding. A new piece of teak and holly ply is 
about $300, I have one in my basement. While waiting for the holly to arrive 
I made some "temporary" replacements out of oak flooring. I liked them, and 
they are tougher.
Ted #880

-----Original Message----- 
From: Graeme Clark
Sent: Wednesday, October 14, 2015 6:52 AM
To: C320-List at Catalina320.com
Subject: Re: [C320-list] Cabin wood , cabin sole.

Louis
If you pull up the board over the bilge and look at it edge on you can see 
that the teak veneer is thin and the holly strips even thinner - maybe 1/16 
inch or less. It takes very little sanding to get through that!
I had to remake one of the bilge cover boards and it was not an easy task to 
do it from scratch although you can buy the holly/teak ready made veneered 
to plywood in 8ft x 4ft sheets. Not cheap though!
I stripped the remains of old varnish using a heat gun. Trouble is that 
doesn't remove the varnish in any dents and if folk have been walking on the 
sole with stones in their shoe soles there will be dents!
So I then used a chemical stripper to get rid of rest if old varnish
As per my previous post a solvent based varnish will give a deeper brown 
colour to the real than a water based one if that's what you are after
Hope this helps
Graeme
Hull 366, 1996


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> On 14 Oct 2015, at 14:19, Louis Spitz <aronella at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> I have a vintage 1995 Cat 320, with an unusual cabin sole. It appears to 
> be light wood with dark spacers. (I do know this is a veneer.) I want to 
> strip the sole and stain it darker. What filler should I use?
> Thanks in advance.
> Lou Spitz
>
>
>> On Oct 13, 2015, at 9:15 PM, GREG SUTTON <sutt47 at msn.com> wrote:
>>
>> Does anyone know the type of wood that was used for the trim on the early 
>> 320s?  It appears to be cherry but I want to be sure before starting any 
>> repair work this winter.ThanksGreg#128Liberty
>>
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>