Good advice- I'd not take the rails off; just carefully mask them off with good tape. Immediately after the cleaning treatment, pull the tape off, clean up, then re-mask. The tape will hold some of the cleaning stuff and you risk blistering the gelcoat. Jerry jerrymontgomery.org ----- Original Message ----- From: <Paint4Real@aol.com> To: <montgomery_boats@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Monday, July 07, 2008 9:23 PM Subject: Re: M_Boats: Removing Brightwork for Refinishing
I've refinished the toe rails on my 15 a couple of times (without removing them -- your experience is exactly what I anticipated, and I imagined I'd be drilling out teak plugs or cutting off bolts with a Dremel tool until the next big freeze.) The mouse and mini-sanders available now can get into all sorts of tough places, and the few inches that can't be reached (aside the coaming's steepest flare) are easy in the elbow grease spectrum.) Before you sand a lot of teak off, though, I'd do the standard teak cleaning regimen, with the two-part liquids available in any marine venue. That will restore a huge amount of the discoloration and weathering, and it will raise the grain, so your sanding job will be much more efficient and effective. Hit it with teak oil, and you'll be thinking you're looking at showroom stuff.
To reiterate, don't restore teak by taking sandpaper to it at the outset. You'll just turn a lot of your brightwork into dust.
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