Maintainence

Stemar said:
Varnish is bottom of my list for outside wood - if it gets damaged and the wood underneath gets wet, it's a big job to strip back to bare wood and start again. Oil is pretty good, but needs regular redoing, but my favourite, especially if I want gloss, is le Tonkinois. Starting with bare wood, then six coats is little different from varnish, but the advantage is that it doesn't need to be stripped when it gets tired, just a couple of refresher coats and you're good to go.


Each to his own
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But I think I prefer this look

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Sumara of Weymouth said:
Varnishing is not that difficult, but you do need to keep on top of it. Sumara is 36 year old and looking pretty much like new. Just traditional single pack gloss varnish slurped on every year.
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Your “slurping on” Iam sure is an exaggeration 🙂…….Probably a tin of traditional varnish can be kept to hand along with a brush wrapped in a turps soaked cloth can be ready to use to patch the varnish work.traditional paints and varnishes are less dependant on perfect conditions.On the coasters I worked on a tin of orange/redanti rust paint and a tin of top coat were always to hand to touch up rust spots and a pleasant way to while away the odd momment🙂
 
Wansworth said:
Your “slurping on” Iam sure is an exaggeration 🙂…….Probably a tin of traditional varnish can be kept to hand along with a brush wrapped in a turps soaked cloth can be ready to use to patch the varnish work.traditional paints and varnishes are less dependant on perfect conditions.On the coasters I worked on a tin of orange/redanti rust paint and a tin of top coat were always to hand to touch up rust spots and a pleasant way to while away the odd momment🙂
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I probably started by "slurping" it on, but after 36 years I have got the hang of it now! Touching up any dings as you go, like you did on the coasters, is definitely the way to go.
 
I've been doing some maintenance and repairs on a friends boat. Last Saturday, I went to the local chandlers to get some stuff. I left with every single item on the list, feeling kinda weird.
 
Wansworth said:
Just finished watching a vid by Leo on Tally Ho and realize I haven’t made a jobs list yet .Thankfully a Dufour 24 stationary in a marina doesn’t generate as much work as a 50 foot gaff cutter at sea .Thatsaid I need to check the mooring lines for chafe sithe boat stays attached to the pontoon .There are two marineros who keep an eye on things a blessing in windy weather when we are three hours away.There are some major jobs to be done involving the companion way hatch as it leaks through money saving bad design on the part of the builder.Anyway Leo’s vid about maintenance was a heads up on attending even minor issues and having some planned maintenance schedule
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Without reading other people’s responses.....boats left in the marina gather far more maintenance issues than boats that are used
 
Varnish every year for ten years...
Paint once every ten years...

Quote from over on the WBF,

My little new one is 'workboat' finish. i.e. painted. Blue hull, white topsides and cabin. Wooden spars, epoxy with paint over, sandy colour.
 
Varnishing is a pact with the Devil......
In fact so is painting, polishing and washing.....so we are all doomed
 
Remember reading about a guy in the carib. Famed for his varnishing. He would do an inside by sanding everything to a fine level. Vac and tack rag every surface to the N th degree. Then strip off, turn the HI-Fi up with classic stuff and do all the varnish in one take. Jump out and shut the hatch. Never short of customers.
 
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