Hi All,

Id appreciate any tips on restoring the interior woodwork.

Floor is veneer on ply and I am concerned about sanding too much off. A youtube video showed scraping old lacquer off with a heat gun, but I wonder about the heat delaminating the veneer using that method?

Would also like advice on what finish to reapply.




For the cabinets, would a light fine grit sand be best? Also recommendations on what to use for the finish.




Thanks.

Try a small sample of paint stripper I use the cheapest I can find I think mitre 10 home brand and apply it very thick. And remove with a sharp tool drawing towards you....there is a special tool that takes blades can't remember the name.....but saves alot of less dust and strips the timber back to original.

Would this advice be relevant for restoring the plywood interior/cabinetry of a 30yo aussie production boat ?

For a more basic solution, is it possible to stain over the top with a slightly darker colour or do the previous coatings HAVE to be removed ?

I have absolutely no experience paint/timber/stains and am terrified of having my interior timbers all different colours/shades !

Cheers,
Craig.

If you remove all the varnish as I explained with the paint stripper.... U then have 2 choices..

1) is you can apply a new application of 1 pack or 2 pack varnish which will last many years with out re coating.

2) you could just stain the timber/veneer but obvosily you will need to recoat as the stain may wear away over time.....I use feast Watson outdoor BBQ stain (jarrah) it's a wipe on wipe aplacation and I recoat every 12 months.

Just be very careful when sanding veneer as if you sand through the veneer back to the timber grain it will look odd,this is why I find the paint stripper far better than abrasive sanding methods as well as very little dust!

Looking at the very top pic you post I would take that section home and do some experiments on it... Mitre 10/bunnings have some timber cleaners or even perhaps acetone or soapy water may remove the stains with elbow grease. And then perhaps try some varnish on it first as see if you are happy with the result before attempting to stain it as if you start the staining you will have to keep going to complete the job.

southace said...
Try a small sample of paint stripper I use the cheapest I can find I think mitre 10 home brand and apply it very thick. And remove with a sharp tool drawing towards you....there is a special tool that takes blades can't remember the name.....but saves alot of less dust and strips the timber back to original.

Scarson Scraper


Would be what you are thinking of Ace

Hi sands,

Under that panel is the transducer and I think over the years the damp has worked it way up from the bottom. The top coat of finish was actually still pretty good. After sanding the ply on the bottom, it is right through the whole board, but the board itself is probably too small to show much flex from the damp. The more I sanded, the worse it got. Pretty much stuffed it now.

The galley area has a little bit of water ingress which would much more likely be from wear and top down water damage. I'll try the oxalic acid on that. Thanks for the tip!

Cheers.