I removed all the wall paper in my boat and steam worked the best. Matt
On Jul 26, 10:07 am, Bob S <[email protected]> wrote: > 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- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
