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Major Project #1

10/16/2014

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I think I have mentioned the no good, very bad stain that a previous owner put on top of our mahogany interior.  After much advise to just paint it white, Mark and I decided to try and save it.  We are contrary like that.  We couldn't make it any worse and could always resort to paint if we wanted to.   The v-berth and the quarter berth still had the original finish so thankfully we didn't have to worry about all of the wood slats that line the hull interior.  The mad re-finisher (Mark uses bad names to describe this person) was also too lazy to stain behind the cushions.  As my girls would say, so there's that.

The plan was to strip everything and refinish using a wipe on polyurethane.  Sounds good.
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  1. Strip with Citri-Strip.  (We were very happy with this non-toxic stripper and it smells like baby aspirin.) 
  2. Clean up with mineral spirits.
  3. Bleach the dark spots. 
  4. Cleaning and repeating as necessary.
  5. Sand- 110 and then 220 grit.
  6. Finish with a wipe on satin polyurethane.
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Our initial results are encouraging.  Stay tuned ...
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