po-man sailor
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My 1976 sunfish needed lots of stuff done to restore it to my satisfaction but not like some of the jobs you guys take on.
Anyway I had to build a new tiller and extention. I made them out of tight grain furnature grade oak since that was what I had. Took all my blades to wood and cleaned them up from dings and nicks. Then you may have seen my post asking what color stain to use since my dagger was dark mahogany, my rudder was almost white (some red streaks) mohogoney I believe. And tiller and extention white. Well after all the suggestions and over a dozen colors from lowes I was very frustrated today I was under my stare case and saw a half empty can of minwax wood finish oil base stain I had used to restore a bed a year earlier. The color was "English chestnut" so what the hell...I tested it. Here are the pics I just finished. As far as I'm concerned all pieces could not match any better if I cut them all from the same blank. Looking at it directly in the sumlight. I'm fairly particular about that stuff and I'm well satisfied with my luck....for everyone's information.. your results may vary. FYI I did use the midway prep coat 5 minutes prior to staining. Now I need to multi coat varnish to a deep finish one coat per day.
Fyi #2 the dagger has no stain. Only 3 coats of spar varnish and mineral spirits thinner 50/50
Thanks guys
Anyway I had to build a new tiller and extention. I made them out of tight grain furnature grade oak since that was what I had. Took all my blades to wood and cleaned them up from dings and nicks. Then you may have seen my post asking what color stain to use since my dagger was dark mahogany, my rudder was almost white (some red streaks) mohogoney I believe. And tiller and extention white. Well after all the suggestions and over a dozen colors from lowes I was very frustrated today I was under my stare case and saw a half empty can of minwax wood finish oil base stain I had used to restore a bed a year earlier. The color was "English chestnut" so what the hell...I tested it. Here are the pics I just finished. As far as I'm concerned all pieces could not match any better if I cut them all from the same blank. Looking at it directly in the sumlight. I'm fairly particular about that stuff and I'm well satisfied with my luck....for everyone's information.. your results may vary. FYI I did use the midway prep coat 5 minutes prior to staining. Now I need to multi coat varnish to a deep finish one coat per day.
Fyi #2 the dagger has no stain. Only 3 coats of spar varnish and mineral spirits thinner 50/50
Thanks guys
