Coating Wooden Speedboat Trim

[richy]

I had the opportunity a year ago January to compound, polish and coat a 1949 Shepherd mahogany speedboat. It had 12 coats of varnish but needed some TLC. Here's the link below, but the picture links no longer work, so here's a few pics of the boat job to get an idea:

https://www.autogeekonline.net/foru...g-project-ive-ever-worked.html?highlight=boat


Here it is 10 years ago prior to restoration:

A 50/50 shot:

Same pieces all done:

So, now that you know the project, he had two more trim pieces he wanted polished to remove the swirls and coated. I used my rotary, one handed with a 3" foam pad + M100 followed by rotary, one handed using a 3" soft black foam pad + M205. They were then wiped down with Eraser and then coated with Feynlab Ceramic.

Here they are as they arrived:

Here's everything before coating:

Lastly, here is how the wood looks after being coated with Feynlab. It played very well with the varnish.

Thanks for looking!

 

[JKDesign]

Absolutely stunning! I love old wooden boats!

 

[infosponge]

That was a really cool project!

 

[richy]

Absolutely stunning! I love old wooden boats!

That was a really cool project!

Thank you! It was a very cool job b/c it was challenging working in unchartered waters in terms of working with varnish. It's fun to have something different every once in a while.

 

[SWETM]

Cool project job! And you did an awesome work!

/Tony

 

[WTAGGART]

Richy, I remember the first time you posted the boat, but I didn’t remember the full view of the finished product. The boat looks like in just rolled out of the shipyard and delivered to the own.

Great job sir and have a great weekend.



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[Whitewater25]

Cool boat. That thing would never see water if I owned it, might scratch the darn thing.

 

[PaulMys]

Speed boat? I doubt it. It has no propeller on it.........:laughing:


Seriously though, Very Cool Richy! Awesome post.

 

[richy]

Speed boat? I doubt it. It has no propeller on it.........:laughing:


Seriously though, Very Cool Richy! Awesome post.

Thank you Paul!

Cool boat. That thing would never see water if I owned it, might scratch the darn thing.

Worth the risk to show it off!

Richy, I remember the first time you posted the boat, but I didn’t remember the full view of the finished product. The boat looks like in just rolled out of the shipyard and delivered to the own.

Great job sir and have a great weekend.



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Thanks very much. There's not a bad angle on her!

Cool project job! And you did an awesome work!

/Tony

Thanks kindly Tony!

 

[Mike PhillipsMike Phillips is verified member.]

Cool project, hard not to like the classic lines and beautiful craftsmanship for wood boats.

I had a guy call me this week asking how to wet sand a 1941 Chris-Craft Mahogany boat that is all varnish. I asked him to send me some pictures, sometimes these guys do and sometimes they don't.

 

[JDGolden]

Nice job, those are absolutely beautiful both in and out of the water.

 

[richy]

Cool project, hard not to like the classic lines and beautiful craftsmanship for wood boats.

I had a guy call me this week asking how to wet sand a 1941 Chris-Craft Mahogany boat that is all varnish. I asked him to send me some pictures, sometimes these guys do and sometimes they don't.

Thanks for commenting Mike. The customer sanded it himself per my instructions using a DA. It did a nice job. It was different to work with varnish in terms of compounding and polishing. I'm sure you get a lot nicer variety of jobs than I do, so I was excited to do something so out of the box.

Nice job, those are absolutely beautiful both in and out of the water.

Thanks!