1986 SN 2001 - complete restore

8122pbrainard wrote: No, You are OK with the oil. The gloss was so high that I was worried about you using an actual hard coating on it like a poly.

Now that is a compliment to all that hard work you have been putting in, the teak really does look that good.

The gel is looking fantastic after all that hard work, congrats, and yes Keep those pictures coming

newguy1986 wrote: The teak platform was stripped with the Starbrite cleaner and a power washer then sanded at 80 , 120, 220 sand papers. then brightened with starbright brightener and then I applied about 6 applications of teak oil. used the starbrite stuff till i ran out then used the stuff you can get at home depot... forgot what its called. not sure what you mean by coating?? do i need a coating?

No, You are OK with the oil. The gloss was so high that I was worried about you using an actual hard coating on it like a poly.

The teak platform was stripped with the Starbrite cleaner and a power washer then sanded at 80 , 120, 220 sand papers. then brightened with starbright brightener and then I applied about 6 applications of teak oil. used the starbrite stuff till i ran out then used the stuff you can get at home depot... forgot what its called.

not sure what you mean by coating?? do i need a coating?

yeah Kris, I plan on doing the same as you regaurding the rub rail. The girlfriend and I went a bought a TV the other day so that kinda took the boat fund and sank it. I will get it some thing in the near future tho!

I made the mistake of taking off that bracket in the back to check out the rope condition and couldnt get it to stretch back in no biggie though I wanted to replace that anyway. I did while wet sanding sand that rubber alittle to see if i could get it looking better and it made a big difference.

To be honest when i bought the boat i was thinking i would have to repaint the whole thing (or gel coat whatever you wanna call it) but afterALOT of hours and talks on here that thing came out great!! Im shocked at how the color looks and the way it feels!the only real issue i had was the stubburn glue from the old stickers

Kris,

my bilge is not even in the same league as yours! man your gonna have a beauty on your hands when you are done! major props on your work buddy.

Im sure you all are getting tired of pictures of the boat but im going to post them anyway !

spent all last weekend conditioning the upholstery and cleaning up stuff.

all i need are the decals! going with the same style with black and gray instead of white! let me know what yall think!

Thats not good, it should only move with the engine it is firmly attached to, not relative to it.. if it moves relative to the engine fix or replace immediately.

Best case scenario, the cap isnt seated correctly on the distributor.. many have features that will only line up in one direction so perhaps it is 180 degrees off.. not seating correctly and wobbling as it is hitting the rotor. Or something more nefarious is occuring.

Either is not particularly good because the gear that turns the pump and the distributor doesnt really need any more pressure on it than it already has, . You risk wearing the gear on the cam/dist down which best case scenario means replacing those two items.. worst case gets metal chunks in places they are not meant to be and causes addtional heartache.

Looking Awesome !!

Where are you going to get your stickers from? I need new stickers also for my 89 SN 2001. Thanks for the update.

Very nice transformation. You planning on replacing the decals on the hull?

lookin good!!

With the help of my buddy brian the wetsanding and buffing is complete...





Also rebuilt the carb, tune up on the distributor, new spark plugs and new plug wires.

Gonna start it after work today and get the timing dialed in.

Still need to put the swimg platform and side teak pieces on and then I think I will be done for now. until the stereo install starts.

Looking great, Keep up all the hard work. The teak turned out awesome!!

That does look awesome.

Well wet sanding was quiet an adventure on sat. we started at only going 2000 grit and then compound but the color under the original stickers wasnt disappearing. we tried all the way down to 400 but it was just taking it down to far to get the color to even out. I plan now on doing the rest of the boat at 800 1200 and 2000 then compound and live with the marks from the old stickers.

I worked all day sunday on the teak. I had the 3 stage teak restore kit from starbrite and i went and got 80, 120, 220 grit sand paper. My platform was in serious rough shape so I also got a scrub brush. really did the trick during the cleaning phase.

I had the girl friend out there scrubbing the wood with the cleaner on it and after a really good scrubbing I used my power washer which seemed to work wonders...

This is after 80, 120 grit...





after 220...




after brightener





coat of oil..



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