F26 Interior Help

Rodman · Post by **Rodman** » Mon Mar 01, 2010 8:23 pm

jwhalen wrote:What do you guys use to treat the interior wood to get it looking so nice. Do you just use a teak oil or do you use something else.

Ive been using Cetol.

9rock · Post by **9rock** » Mon Mar 01, 2010 8:30 pm

I love the wide open look makes my 30 look smaller with the closets in front

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MattSC · Post by **MattSC** » Mon Mar 01, 2010 9:07 pm

I've been using pledge orange oil, leaves a nice shine and is very easy to apply. Plus it has a nice orange smell to it

Paul - SW Ontario · Post by **Paul - SW Ontario** » Tue Mar 02, 2010 8:02 am

Rodman wrote:
foofer b wrote:Paul, where did you get the table?

The table looks like it was custom built. Great Ideal Paul I like it.

I made the table...birch with some old teak trim I had kickin' around.

Then used three coats of Natural Cetol.

Yes, they are very roomy when you compare them to the newer boats with out an aft cabin.

Paul · Post by **Paul** » Tue Mar 02, 2010 8:15 am

My wife is responsible for how the wood finish looks. She uses three coats of Cetol original plus 2 coats of Cetol clear on all of the interior wood.

foofer b · Post by **foofer b** » Tue Mar 02, 2010 9:24 am

The bulkheads in mine are a formica like paneling and won't shine up. The trim boards are just varnished with Cetol.

JimmyM · Post by **JimmyM** » Tue Mar 02, 2010 9:50 am

WOW...Some Great interiors...cant wait to put back together to post pix...The area below windows ..is fabric glued or just stapled...our boat had like a basket weave wall paper and cant tell if it had foam or glue then stapled.....
Thanks

Keep interior pix comming...getting great ideas

Paul - SW Ontario · Post by **Paul - SW Ontario** » Tue Mar 09, 2010 3:08 pm

MattSC wrote:Everyone's look really nice, amazing how much room these have for a 26 footer. I like the table in the v-birth, unfortunately that's where I have my bilge pump

Hey Matt...

I have one of my three bilge pumps there too. I just cut the floor board by 1/3rd and screwed that piece down to I could mount my table pedestal....the aft 2/3rd's piece of flooring under the carpet, is still removable to access the pump.

MattSC · Post by **MattSC** » Tue Mar 09, 2010 6:44 pm

Definitely a nice idea, thanks for the info. Where's your third pump? I have my second in the rudder compartment. I don't have a third, but can close my engine seacock, open up a valve which has a hose to the bilge under the engine and use the engine as an emergency pump.

Paul - SW Ontario · Post by **Paul - SW Ontario** » Tue Mar 09, 2010 9:00 pm

MattSC wrote:Definitely a nice idea, thanks for the info. Where's your third pump? I have my second in the rudder compartment. I don't have a third, but can close my engine seacock, open up a valve which has a hose to the bilge under the engine and use the engine as an emergency pump.

I have seen that set up on earlier posts and think that it is a must do in time.

At the moment I have a mid bilge pump under the cabin floor, one bilge under the V-berth, and the third at my prop shaft exit.

Maybe overkill....but that was the set up that the previous owner had, and it doesn't hurt anything. The power sources for them are divided between the house bank batteries, and the one of two starting batteries.