OK, you all have motivated me to remove the second generation wallpaper in our '73 which makes it look like the lobby of a 1980's vintage Sheraton (pastel greens and pinks- yuuckk) Our forward cabin has the good mahogany veneer beneath.The wallpaped is that waterproof washable thick type which may be easier or impossible to remove. We'll see.
That mildew spray is not good on the copper piping throughout the older boats. Also our 42' had those shelves already which may have been put in by one of the 2 previous owners. I have been in Canada for 3 weeks on the boat and heading out again tomorrow for 4 weeks. I recommend retirement for those considering it. My first 4 months have been great! Seeing lots of our brethren on the waters. There are still many beautiful Uni's out there. If you see the Rock'N Roll be sure to say hi. On Jul 26, 9:12 am, "Maureen M Washburn" <[email protected]> wrote: > Jim- > TEAK plywood?!! Wow indeed! Ours was run of the mill (no pun intended) > plywood Well we tried several things including the shellac thinner that was > suggested by the guy at home depot who had done a boat himself but DO NOT > try that- the dog and I were having hallucinations before it was all done > :-) A friend who had been in commercial paint and solvents told us that that > was not a good idea around boat engines anyway ( like Ive said before the > uni always serves to make me humble and feeling inadequate) What worked the > best for us was- Goo gone applied with a paintbrush lots of it and often Be > patient and let it sit for awhile and it worked great Would steer away from > the 4in blade wall paper scrapers (4in razor blade) - we kept gouging the > wood because the goo gone raised the grain What we found worked best were > the long handled 4 blade scrapers with the knob on top - so you scraped at a > 90 degree angle and used both hands to keep the downward pressure even > > By the way be careful with the tilex mildew spray we inadvertently bleached > the taped edges of the teak ( seeped under the tape) We used a fine grade > sanding sponge block to ruff it up a mite and went to using the Old English > light wood scratch cover when the liquid gold didn’t bring it back- worked > fine > > Understand there may be more professional ways to do all this but we are on > a very limited budget so if it works we use it > > After the tilex soaking we applied gripper ( a glidden product like Kilz) > and then painted with an exterior grade latex paint- got that idea from a > sailing blog- the masking tape was a bad idea - next time we will start the > way we finished up - using artists brushes to get in close to the wood Have > fun the aft cabin took us over a week but we are satisfied > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] > > On Behalf Of rocoloco > Sent: Sunday, July 26, 2009 8:57 AM > To: UnifliteWorld > Subject: [UnifliteWorld] Re: we added new shelves > > Wow, teak plywood UNDER the wall paper! Having just had those two > shelves built, I can tell you teak plywood is VERY expensive. > > On Jul 25, 10:03 pm, Jim <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hello Maureen, > > > I'm starting on the wallpaper too. What did you use to remove yours? > > Steam? Gel? > > > So far the glue seems pretty resistant to a gel adhesive remover. > > > I have teak plywood under the wallpaper so I am hoping I can get > > enough glue off of it to refinish wood. > > > Any suggestions? > > > Thanks, > > > Jim --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "UnifliteWorld" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/UnifliteWorld?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
