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Refinished the companionway stairs

The time has come to bring the stairs up to new standard. The bastard painters I hired back in 2017 painted the tops of steps with nonskid exterior paint (for the interior stairs!). And of course that is exactly where beautiful teak is supposed to go. Had to be fixed.

Started by sanding down that crap

After spray-painting the sanded stairs back to uniform white, I turned my attention to teak, which was sanded, stained, and varnished

Then, the teak was mounted with bungs and final coat of varnish added on top.

Finally, I put in two new latches to secure the steps in place.

Super happy with the result!

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Trimmed head door and dry fit lock

After I rebuilt all the panels, I haven’t yet tried to put the door back. Surely, it did not fit. Had to trim both sides of the door and make a small lip to hide the hinge. I was also lucky to find the original door handle and lock, which I installed into the new slimmer door. Will need to hide old hole with some small teak bangs.

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Finished sanding doors

Finally finished removing all the ugly plastic veneer from the teak doors. Found beautiful wood grain underneath. Dry fit the folding door and all its latches. Will need to patch old holes with teak bangs and then they will be ready to bleach, stain, and varnish.

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Fixing a leak

Several of the fasteners started leaking on the inside after I pressure washed the deck a bit too close to the handrail base. Had to raise it, clean things up, and re-bed it.