Next on my list of pandemic projects: replacing the bulkhead (removable panel, really) in the aft cabin of our Hunter 306. This is the 2' x 4' panel which is removed to access all the cr$^*%#p in the stern: holding tank, fuel tank, macerator, wiring spaghetti. It's only held on with 2 screws. But the bottom edge has totally delaminated from sitting in seepage from the rear hull/deck joint.
Anyway, I bought a 2'x4' piece of 1/2" teak faced marine plywood and a couple of strips of teak for the trim on each side which keeps it even with the permanently mounted plywood on the left and right sides. Here's the new (unfinished) and old panels:
Cutting it to match and adding the trim strips will be fairly easy, but I'm unsure of how to finish it, other than the fact that I will certainly seal all the edges and the back side with some sort of polyurethane. I was thinking of maybe just using teak oil on the finished side, but this might be a bad idea. Leaning towards Minwax Helmsman Spar Urethane. I can't see the point of staining it, as it will be darker naturally when sealed, and frankly, you can barely see the panel: it's at the stern of a very dark and cave-like aft cabin, in which we sleep from side to side. Suggestions welcome.
Jay
Anyway, I bought a 2'x4' piece of 1/2" teak faced marine plywood and a couple of strips of teak for the trim on each side which keeps it even with the permanently mounted plywood on the left and right sides. Here's the new (unfinished) and old panels:
Cutting it to match and adding the trim strips will be fairly easy, but I'm unsure of how to finish it, other than the fact that I will certainly seal all the edges and the back side with some sort of polyurethane. I was thinking of maybe just using teak oil on the finished side, but this might be a bad idea. Leaning towards Minwax Helmsman Spar Urethane. I can't see the point of staining it, as it will be darker naturally when sealed, and frankly, you can barely see the panel: it's at the stern of a very dark and cave-like aft cabin, in which we sleep from side to side. Suggestions welcome.
Jay