Bleached the center panels of the doors to get the red hues out, then stained teak frames. Varnished all sides. This is the last piece of panel work for the entire boat. Great milestone!
Got the doors bleached, stained, and varnished
Bleaching panels
In prep for varnish, sanded and bleached all the panels with Lite-N-Up. Sucks to do it in such a small space in the side alley of my home, using trashcans as workbench. Can’t wait to get a proper shop.
Bleaching panels
Bleaching bulkheads & staining beam and post
To balance wood colors better, we bleached Hydro-Tek marine ply with Lite-N-Up to take most of the pink tone out of it. For the beam and compression post, we did the opposite – added a bit of reddish hue with a classic mahogany stain.
