Kendall, The interior of our M17 was in pretty bad shape when we got her. A previous owner had glued wood strips over most of the cabin ceiling. Liquid Nails was used to secure the wood strips. The wood ceiling probably looked great when it was new, but over time, moisture, water stains, mold, etc. it looked pretty bad and needed to go! After removing the wood and glue (heat gun) I sanded and applied 2 coats of primer to the interior using a product called Kilz http://www.kilz.com . After which I applied several coats of a quality exterior house paint (a stock color matched really close). I also experimented with how to re-create the original factory black splatter-finish that came on our 1988 M17. But wound up going with just the white paint. That was 4 years ago and the interior is still looking pretty good. A previous owner also applied the wood strips to the front vertical area of the v-berth. I left that wood intact as it is looking OK and would have done more harm than good to remove. Randy Graves M17 #410 ________________________________________ From: montgomery_boats-bounces@mailman.xmission.com [montgomery_boats-bounces@mailman.xmission.com] On Behalf Of kdocter@bellsouth.net [kdocter@bellsouth.net] Sent: Thursday, March 05, 2009 10:07 AM To: montgomery_boats@mailman.xmission.com Subject: M_Boats: (no subject) Has anyone successfully stained a sail (on purpose) and got a good result? I ordered some sail wash last fall that never showed up. Guess I'll look again. Any votes on which I should purchase? How do I get my interior looking new again? I tried the suggestion of "Barkeeper's Friend" from Wal-Mart. Good, but not sparkling white like SCRED's interior pics. Kendall kdocter@bellsouth.net _______________________________________________ http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/montgomery_boats Remember, there is no privacy on the Internet!