MATERIALS, SOURCES AND FINISHING SEQUENCE FOR ANTIQUE AND CLASSIC WOODEN BOAT PRESERVATION

Degreaser – Roll-Off

Stripper – TotalBoat TotalStrip Paint Remover

Round Hardwood Toothpicks

Wood bleach – Daly’s A&B Bleach

Sealing bare wood – CPES

Adhesive-sealant – 3M 5200 Marine Adhesive Sealant

Filling seams less than 3/16” between bottom planks – filleting lapstrake seams – TotalBoat Thixo Flex Flexible Epoxy Adhesive

Filleting, filling gouges & dents – TotalBoat Thixo Wood 2:1 Epoxy System

Wood stain – pre-mixed Jel’d wood stain available from Mike Mayer, Lake Oswego Boat Co.

Bilge paint – SANPACO Bilge Paint

Filling, painting and varnishing deck seams 

• Fill seams using TotalBoat Seal Elastomeric Marine Sealant

• Mask with PRO Tapes Premium Automotive FINE LINE Masking Tape

• If you wish to paint the seams, use high gloss Interlux Brightside Polyurethane Topside Paint

• Varnish with Pettit Z Spar Captain’s Ultra Clear 2067

Varnish 

• Pettit Z Spar Flagship High Build Varnish 2015

• Pettit Z Spar Captain’s Varnish Ultra Clear 2067

Primer – boot stripe and bottom – 

• Carvel planked hulls – Interlux Interprotect 2000E Two-Part Barrier Coat Primer

• Lapstrake and Striptite-style hulls – Pettit Tie Coat Primer 6627

Topside paint

• Lyman, Chris-Craft w white hulls: Interlux Premium Yacht Enamel 202 Semi-Gloss White

• Other painted topsides: Interlux Brightside Polyurethane Topside PaintBottom Paint

• If boat will be dry sailed – Pettit Old Salem Copper Bronze Hard Racing Bottom Paint

• If boat will “live” in the water during the season – which is absolutely not recommended! – Pettit 1933 Copper Bronze Antifouling Paint

Fasteners – Silicon bronze wood screws – NO STAINLESS – flat head Frearson

Wooden Boat Countersink Bungs

• Deck plank countersinks – 3/8” Philippine mahogany
  Better: cut your own from the waste material left over from cutting planks for the best possible match.

• Blonde king plank countersinks – 3/8” South American mahogany – wood tends to be lighter

Cloth-covered Primary Marine AWG Wire – Tom’s Engine Barn