bigbeartr57
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I am the proud new owner of a 1986 Nova 42. One of the many projects on my to-do list is to refinish the worn out floors (pics attached below). Does anyone know what they used in Taiwan when they built these the first time? My broker said he thinks it might be "Defthane" Polyurethane clear gloss, based off what someone recommended to him for his Morgan sailboat. He also said that he had heard they used some sort of two part varnish originally that would have a much harder and long lasting finish, but had no idea on the specifics of that and what to put on top of it.
Second related issue: We have a section of the deck that has some old water damage (see pics). Its along the edge, so I'd like to avoid replacing the original wood, and we are liveaboards and my wife would prefer not to be pushed out of the bedroom for a big project. Is it possible to restore the original color by sanding it down to good wood? The deck has some flex in the damaged areas, but I don't think this is due to rot or bad core, but rather the failed bond between the individual strips of wood. I have little idea how to tackle this. I was kind of thinking, sand the wood down to get the original color back, then fill it somehow with epoxy by injecting it or getting it to flow in underneath? If I go this route, I'd love some pointers. When I did a similar project of filling with epoxy in the past, I had a few unsightly bubbles show up late in the cure, when it was too late to burn them off with a torch (I may have just laid on too thick on that one?).
Second related issue: We have a section of the deck that has some old water damage (see pics). Its along the edge, so I'd like to avoid replacing the original wood, and we are liveaboards and my wife would prefer not to be pushed out of the bedroom for a big project. Is it possible to restore the original color by sanding it down to good wood? The deck has some flex in the damaged areas, but I don't think this is due to rot or bad core, but rather the failed bond between the individual strips of wood. I have little idea how to tackle this. I was kind of thinking, sand the wood down to get the original color back, then fill it somehow with epoxy by injecting it or getting it to flow in underneath? If I go this route, I'd love some pointers. When I did a similar project of filling with epoxy in the past, I had a few unsightly bubbles show up late in the cure, when it was too late to burn them off with a torch (I may have just laid on too thick on that one?).