How much wood trim should a boat need? When first looking at her, I thought there could be more to make her classy with more accent and contrast. Now that I have taken most of the wood trim out, I think she has too much wood. I am going for the six-coat application of Minwax High Gloss Polyurethane thinned with mineral spirits.
First coat %50 Thinned Polyurethane
Second coat %50 Thinned
Third coat %25 Thinned
Sand with 220 the fine steel wool
Fourth coat %10 Thinned
Steel wool
Fifth coat Straight
Steel wool
Final coat %75 Thinned
The bulkheads have some stain damage that I cannot seem to get rid of without taking the wood way down, so they will have to be what they is. Also, the overhead in the cabin seems to be a plastic laminate that looks like mohagany but sands more like plastic. This is stained a faded in spots and I would replace it if I had more energy. The headroom is 5'-6", I am 5'-10" and I am not willing to lower the headroom another 1/4", no way. Sue and I are starting to walk with a definite hunch as it is. My mother is short enough that she can actually do jumping jacks in the main cabin without touching the overhead.
Two coats of epoxy on these V berth void covers.
