Once the teak wood dries off you can grab the sanding machine. Set it to straight (Not rotate) and clean the teak wood going along the lines. It is the strongest unprofessional high pressure washer. Of course, unless it is a professional one with too much pressure in it.īut I use a Karcher K7 mini-wash. No need to worry, the high pressure cleaner is not going it dig out the grouting. Grab the high pressure washer and clean the teak wood floor. I decided to restore the teak wood floor next since I think the rubber is the most delicate part and I recommend leaving it for the last part. Once you finish the sanding and you polish the boat, it will look like it’s factory made. After you’ve flatten the surface you need to go wider and wider with each next granulation paper so the circle scratches from previous sanding don’t show.įor example you can use: 200 – 240 – 280 – 320 – 400 – 500 – 600 (User water from now on) – 800 – 1000 – 1500 – 2000. The roughest granulation paper is simply to flatten the surface. Therefor, get a small wooden block, place your sanding paper over it and start sanding. If you are not experienced and you decide to use a sanding machine you might press too hard and do more harm than good. Get the waterproof sanding paper and start sanding using the roughest granulation first, moving up to the finer paper(Note: Once you get to 600 you should use water while sanding.). This will flatten the fillings a bit so you will have less material to sand.Īfter it dries of, remove the scotch tape and start sanding. Just wait till the first layer dries off and fill in the next one.).Īnother trick you can do to make your job a bit easier is to put a scotch tape over the gel-coat fillings. Deeper holes will usually need to be filled twice. (Note: Some holes or scratches may be too deep for one filling. Now all you need to do is carefully fill up all the holes and scratches. I mix a bit of gel-coat with a few drops of thickener (2-3%). You can get a thickener in the paint shop as well.įor the needed tools, I usually take a small container and a finest painting brush I can find. Of course, the color must be same or similar. I recommend getting the original gel-coat for your boat from the manufacturer. In case you can’t get your hands on the original gel-coat for your boat, go to the paint shop and get the common one that they recommend. To do this you will need a gel-coat and a thickener. Once you deepen all of the scratches, you need to clean them with acetone to remove all the dust from it. Otherwise, it would simply fall off after you filled it in. You will need to deepen the scratches with a Dremel tool so the gel-coat can have some “grip” to hold on. After that you will need a Dremel Tool or something similar. I suggest taking on the dirtiest jobs first.įirst I inspect all the gel-coat parts of the boat and mark every scratch that needs to be repaired with a waterproof marker. It is time to roll up your sleeves and GET INTO IT.
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