matching brightwork below

[millerkm81]

Any thoughts/tips on how best to match woodworking improvements to the existing
bulkheads and trim down below? I have laminated new 1/4" teak plywood on top of the
old pieces that cover up the companionway bulkhead in order to cover up lots of holes and
delamination. I'm thinking that I'll stain and varnish, but I'm wondering how that would
compare to the existing woodwork. Any ideas as to what stain to use?

Thanks,

Hans

 

[bbach1949]

The interior wood of the Vega is sapele, not teak. It's readily available
and matches color and grain. I wouldn't try to get teak stained to match.
Bill Bach V 1071

 

[millerkm81]

Thanks Bill,

That's a bugger... I'm kind of inclined to go with the teak that I've already installed even
though it might not match perfectly. Any thoughts on getting the best possible results
with this? I wonder, are the interior handholds and trim also made from sapele or are they
teak?

Hans Ericsson, Whisper

 

[bbach1949]

Hans: The handholds are teak (stained inside, plain out) and all the trim is sapele veneer. There may be some odd bits of matching color woods. I built new companionway slides out of solid teak and just finished them with Cetol. The trim around the companionway is teak anyway, so it works fine. I just think that staining teak is unnecessary and better results are obtained with a bright finish on teak. Oils, Cetol, some varnishes all work, but clean it up with acetone before applying to get rid of natural waxes on the surface. Bill Bach V 1071

 

[vega1860]

I used mahogany veneered plywood with Minwax Cherrywood stain. I got a pretty close match to the original sapele interior. I can get sapele veneer and have it laminated to ordinary plywood but the cost is astronomical. Sapele is often used as a substitute for mahogany anyway and, in my boat, you can't tell which pieces are sapele and which are mahogany. The fellow who made my table insisted on using Honduras mahogany over sapele even though sapele is readily available because, according to him, the sapele is too hard to work with and too hard on his tools and you really can't tell the difference.

Remember, no two pieces of wood are exactly alike in color or texture anyway so if you really want everything to match, paint.

Aloha,Chuck"Kristen Miller & Hans Ericsson" millerkm81@... wrote: