Easter is coming

[capri sun]

We have had the NB for four months now and have been working on the inside to get it round to our personal taste

we are hoping to go up the grand union from our base marina (kingfisher)to Napton and then down the Oxford to Oxford - hopefully

the weather is not looking great which is a pity as I was hoping to spend the time rubbing down the wood on the cratch and revarnish

the problem I have is I would like to revarnish but the wood has stained badly and I'm not shore that I will be able to rub it down to get rid of it

If I varnish the wood and it still looks as if the wood is discoloured can I go over the varnish with a paint ( the same colour as the boat) or do I have to strip the varnish back off before painting

Any comments welcome

 

 

Roger

Edited March 20, 2013 by capri sun

[matty40s]

Hi Roger, welcome back.

4 months of internal improvements??? wow!

 

 

I wouldn't even think of varnishing/painting until the weather warms up unless you have a heated boat tent to do it in.The cold seems to be with us until after Easter weekend if the models are correct (and they all generally agree which is unusual). Once it has warmed up, try rubbing down and see what the wood looks like then - at the moment, there is no drying effect in the day and every night is damp or frosty..

[john6767]

When we got our boat the catch board was in a right state. I rubbed it down with quite coarse paper, and got rid of all the old varnish or whatever it was on there, and than sanded smooth The wood in palace was a bit discoloured still, but after a few coats of new varnish it did not look to bad at all. As you say if you don't like the result you can always sand if off again and paint it, that was my plan too, but the varnished result was fine for me (I am not a perfectionist though!).

[lewisericeric]

Hi roger

 

If it is oak and it has gone black, it's unlikely you'll be able to sand the black marks out. Something in oak which is allowed to get due to the varnish not being adequate enough) results in a sort of fungus which is usually permanent. With oak, it can happen very easily if the varnishing isn't kept up with and we experienced this with our old front doors and they were steel with only oak faced inserts inside.

 

We've now changed the doors and gone for solid wood which are Sapele ( I think I remember correctly , they could be mahogany) and that type of wood doesn't have the same problems that oak does.

 

The only thing you could try and do is sand back to the bare wood and then stain the wood with a dark wood stain (such as mahogany effect stain) which will hide the worst of the marks and then re varnish.

[capri sun]

Hi Matt

thanks for the advice

really would like to get to work on the outside but I will wait

still the paintwork is starting to look good with a few washes and now the hard work of polishing

there's more area than on my classic car

re the inside we have taken all the cupboards apart to clean and put back, had to dismantle the toilet and unblock, removed all the blinds and put up curtain poles and curtains

Mo got some stainless curtain poles made from a Canal boat specialist up north

Fixing some of the items from the list you left, Fixed all the lights and polished all the interior brass, put up hooks to hold the keys and torch, re positioned the fire blanket and repaired hinges on cupboards and doors

Had some lovely trips out on the cut just up to Stoke Bruene and back but really looking forward to being on board for a couple of weeks

Roger

[cloggy]

You could try oxalic acid on stained oak, A friend of mine had good results using it to remove black stains

[jelunga]

Hi Matt

thanks for the advice

really would like to get to work on the outside but I will wait

still the paintwork is starting to look good with a few washes and now the hard work of polishing

there's more area than on my classic car

re the inside we have taken all the cupboards apart to clean and put back, had to dismantle the toilet and unblock, removed all the blinds and put up curtain poles and curtains

Mo got some stainless curtain poles made from a Canal boat specialist up north

Fixing some of the items from the list you left, Fixed all the lights and polished all the interior brass, put up hooks to hold the keys and torch, re positioned the fire blanket and repaired hinges on cupboards and doors

Had some lovely trips out on the cut just up to Stoke Bruene and back but really looking forward to being on board for a couple of weeks

Roger

We used to moor at Kingfisher. Is Ralph still there?

Found

[capri sun]

We used to moor at Kingfisher. Is Ralph still there?

Found

 

Hello

only been at Kingfisher since December and not got to know every one

Jon is still and Baxters and Betty is still there in residence

Roger

[capri sun]

spent the last week cruising the lower oxford and not wishing to rush our cruise and cannot stand around doing nothing I have spent the evenings rubbing down the cratch and stripped the old varnish off with a course paper and continued to remove the stains in the wood.

Today I rubbed it down with a fine paper and given it the first coat of yacht varnish and I quite please

Hopefully tomorrow a light rub down wit wet and dry and another coat of Varnish

Roger