Brass plate?

Post by **tribologist** » Sun May 03, 2020 9:40 pm

Anyone else that has a brass plate on the bathroom door? Im thinking i need to peak under it...

Post by **tribologist** » Sun May 03, 2020 11:16 pm

Since i had the epifanes varnish out...

Post by **tribologist** » Sun May 03, 2020 11:20 pm

Hopefully the sheen stays... i been thinking about how painful it will be to spiff up the cabin but i had a can of varnish so I thought i try. Sure to make it look like a violin it takes a lot. A quick sanding with 220 and a sloppy coat of epifanes looks way better thsn old oxidized Albin varnish.....

Post by **tribologist** » Sun May 03, 2020 11:22 pm

Even water damaged sapele looks ok under a shiny coat

Post by **WillieC** » Mon May 04, 2020 12:44 am

Looks great! Amazing what you live with and then one day say why did I wait so long?

Post by **tribologist** » Mon May 04, 2020 2:53 am

WillieC wrote: ↑Mon May 04, 2020 12:44 am Looks great! Amazing what you live with and then one day say why did I wait so long?

I just hate painting and my wife refuse working with stinky paint... i was mostly thinking that one had to sand it all down, multiple coats ...... could not believe it was this easy

Post by **Tree** » Mon May 04, 2020 6:06 am

Think you can remove the water damage with oxalic acid

Post by **DesertAlbin736** » Mon May 04, 2020 6:22 pm

Our aft cabin door ( lower half) has a s/s plate to cover some dings. Don't believe that or a brass plate over the head door was factory original. Always good to see my "sister ship" one hull number apart. Mine still has some of the plastic trim pieces around the oval openings under the settees, but they're getting fragile & some pieces missing.

Post by **tribologist** » Mon May 04, 2020 8:40 pm

Tree wrote: ↑Mon May 04, 2020 6:06 am Think you can remove the water damage with oxalic acid

Its crumbling behind but under the varnish it looks great!!!

Only God can remove that type of water damage. I would probably have to help him bringing the wood back to Honduras first.

Post by **tribologist** » Sun May 10, 2020 6:52 pm

My son pölished it!

Post by **tribologist** » Sun May 10, 2020 6:56 pm

DesertAlbin736 wrote: ↑Mon May 04, 2020 6:22 pm
Mine still has some of the plastic trim pieces around the oval openings under the settees, but they're getting fragile & some pieces missing.

I only have two pieces left. I wish i could find some. Looks really retro!

ppaalo · Post by **ppaalo** » Tue May 12, 2020 2:24 am

OK hold on... so you are saying you took 220 paper and sanded a bit, then put on 1 coat of varnish and it did that? And with Epifanes you mean something like this: http://www.epifanes.se/portfolio-item/blank-klarlack-4/

I need to try that! The oval openings on your picture look much better like that compared to my nasty and broken plastic trim.

And about that brass plate, clearly it's a mirror!

Post by **hetek** » Sun May 17, 2020 11:14 am

Yeah, I was wondering if you ever did take it off to peek under.

Wait... that didn't sound right.

I'm referring to the brass plate on the door, of course.

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