I was going to jump to the defense of Cetol too, but my comments would have paled compared to Steve's. All I can say is I've been very satisfied with this finish, only having to renew it every couple/three years. It's very tough, reasonably attractive when properly applied, and provides excellent sealing qualities. I'm using it on all exposed wood during the restoration of the M17, and I've always used it on the M15. t   Tom Smith and Jane Van Winkle M15--345  Chukar M17--064  Unnamed -----Original Message----- From: IDCLLC@aol.com [mailto:IDCLLC@aol.com] Sent: Thursday, July 01, 2004 7:56 AM To: montgomery_boats@mailman.xmission.com Subject: Re: M_Boats: In defense of Cetol/comments on wood species One more bit: I refinished the badly neglected wood on our Potter in Cetol and it looks great three years later. On the Potter, I simply removed the few wooden bits for refinishing, which made life much easier and only took a few minutes. I confess I didn't de-oil the wood like you're supposed to with highly toxic ketones, but I did sand them down to new wood. In my case this seems to have worked, probably because the oil had been weathered out-the ten year old wood may never have gotten any attention at all. I did remove and recoat them after two years, more out of guilt than necessity. Incidentally, our boat lives under a poly tarp when it's not being sailed. Steve Tyree, P-15 _______________________________________________ http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/montgomery_boats This message was scanned for viruses!!