October 17, 2013

It was literally "back to the grind" this week.  With most of the teak in the cockpit renewed, the teak seats stood out as shabby.  I decided to redo them and try a bit of an experiment.  I wanted to retain the non-skid properties of rough teak, so I thought I'd try a sealer.  I'd stumbled upon one called Primo on the Internet, that some liked better than Semco.  After finally locating a source online, I got a can of the stain/sealer and spray clear-coat.  After prepping the wood on the starboard seat, I applied two coats of the stain/sealer and one of the clear spray overcoat (only on the perimeter boards, assuming the clear-coat was gloss).  Well, it wasn't gloss. Soooooo.......I also laid on a coat of Epifanes varnish on the perimeter boards.  While the tint is a bit more orange than I would like, I think it will look fine in place.  I'll do the port side next week and more coats of varnish on the perimeter of the starboard side if necessary.  We'll see how it holds up over time and foot traffic.

While I had the varnish out, I put on a couple of more coats on the companionway doors and re-did the fiddles on the galley counter.

It's slow, but it's progress.