woodgrain

This summer, I decided to strip the teak cockpit coaming on my 31. The varnish was just too far gone for more scratch and patch so back to bare it went. After sanding, I had a plug that looked a little weird. Since the labor to build back a varnish coating is a huge time suck, little niggling...

I had put this refinishing work off for all of my boat ownership. Many entries made the process seem laborious and the work does nothing to make the boat safer or faster. Sailing skills are not improved by the effort. But I relented this week. It is laborious but satisfying. Heat gun with a...

After having been told that you can't really steam bend kiln dried teak, I approached this project with trepidation given the recent price hikes of the material (see my previous post). I have been slowly working my way forward on my E31 with finishing out the trim, and now am doing the difficult...

I was at my favorite local wood supplier recently and could not believe what teak was now going for. It's now in exotic wood territory.