Trojan Boat Forum

I guess I should clarify that. Yes, I am using a poly caulk for all the joints. Epoxy on flat seams that previously had some sort of filler. My brother dug a lot of the old filler out because it was starting to get loose. I am assuming that the boat hasn't been faired or sealed like I am doing in 50...

I had this week off work, so a lot of progress has been made. All loose paint, sealant and putty dug out and sanded on cabin and bridge exterior. I have my brother to thank for that. What a terrible job. Found 1 small spot of rot at front starboard edge of windshield. Unfortunately someone thought p...

Educate me about something if you wouldn't mind. The bilge. I have been accused of being far to concerned about my bilge in the past, so this boat raises a conundrum for me. I assume that any kind of coating that encapsulates the wood is a bad thing right? I have always painted my bilges with white ...

Funny you mentioned the Epifanes. It was on sale at West Marine yesterday, so I picked up a quart to see how I liked it. I have cleaned up my transom rail because it had a few splits I wanted to open up and inject glue and clamp them. So while I was doing that I prepped about a foot of it and put a ...

Looked at your pictures. Yes, that is the look I am going for color wise. My rear deck outside the canvas is what got so black. I am not sure what they did. It doesn't have a drop of finish left on it. But the foredeck is nothing like that. It is peeling now and will have to be sanded and refinished...

Thank Captain. All good advice. I was thinking exactly the same about the varnish. I assumed it would be slick when wet. The teak decks I am going to just use an Oxalic Acid wash on them and refinish. I am with you on the richer look. I hate to see weathered looking decks. I am going to pull all the...

Thanks. That was actually the leaning I had. I have used the 5200 for years on my fiberglass boats. It is definitely a handful to get off a couple of years later. But ,is dependable to stick and stay. I just wasn't sure about the wood.

Thanks for the info. That gives me a nice place to start researching. It seems that there are a million products that claim to work, but I know from all my old British car restorations, that most of those are just relabeled with a fancy new label and do not actually produce any better of a results. ...

I picked up a 1965 Seabreeze today. I have had my eye on every wooden boat I have seen for most of my life, I was always afraid to pull the trigger. But, this one came at a price I thought was more than fair and I figure for the amount of money, I have spent far more on far stupider things, so why n...