good winter project
Ours turned out great, but required a good deal of patience. The job is not overly difficult, but does require some wood working knowlege. First, I had to remove the tops which requires the dimantling of the shelf and sliders behind the stove. I found it easier to crawl in the port locker and remove the wood bulkhead (this frees up the sliders/shelf and allows the counter to be removed later) The shelf just forward of the galley slider must be unscrewed as there are some hiden screws behind the supporting ledger. Now, unscrew any visible fasteners on the counter top surface. Bend yourself in half and unscrew the fasteners under the sink and drawer areas (feel for the ledger blocks and swear a little) I left the sink basins right in place. Next, remove aft drawer area (drawers and frame/sleeve by the ice box). There are some screws drilled thru the roof of the drawer area into the counter top. Wiggle the two tops out (aft section first seemed better). The teak rails have wood plugs that must be drilled out to remove the screws (minor goof-ups can be fixed with plastic wood putty) I used a lighter gauge laminate designed for radius work so the tops would not be too "thick" to slide back in place (caution should be used so that the thin laminate does not tear) The surface of the old laminate should be roughed up to allow adhesion. Now attach the rails with the old screws. Teak plugs are hard to find, so I made my own with a plug cutter and some scrap teak. I glued the plugs in place and sanded them down with a palm sander (not a belt sander! Too unweildy for this job) Put it all together!
