Let The Honey Teak Begin
Beware the Ides of March… Don’t need a soothsayer to warn me that spring comes quicker with each passing year. Winter is no time for idle hands (varnish brushes). Each day is an important opportunity to make progress towards Elizabeth’s imminent launch. “June ’09″ the mantra rings out in my head over and over.
Beginning with a simple warm-up-project, the drop boards; it’s a good chance to get re-acquainted with Honey Teak. I wish I had done my bowsprit and boomkin with Honey Teak, instead of fooling around with traditional varnish week after week. Honey Teak offers the ability to go from bare wood to 6 coats in one day. It’s a two part acrylic urethane enamel, that allows you to hot coat 3 layers of “honey” followed by 3 layers of “clear” for a complete UV resistant teak treatment.
During this initial round, I took a pause after the three coats of honey, to double check my supply was still OK after two years of storage aboard my Nor’sea 27 through winter freezes and summer broils. Tom, owner of Signature Finishes assured me that the slow cure time I experienced was due to minimal airflow over the dropboards, not previously frozen product. In fact, Honey Teak is proven to set up in temperatures as low as 15ºF.
Benji! Congrats on your first varnish project of 2009. It is a success. Although the odors seeping from the bathroom were strong at times, the indoor varnishing experiment went well. Just make sure not to inhale to often. I need your mind to stay sharp!
Teresa
Beautiful finish, Ben. Hope that it is seaworthy enough to sail down the Chesapeake this summer.
Teresa, you got that right; the odors seeping from Ben are indeed strong at times!
-Rosie
Ahoy Sailors , It is soo good that Ben can get brush and varnish to wood, in this cold winter.
As boat owners, we are always set back in our accomplishments of our boat projects, because our mind tricks us, in thinking we can accomplish more, than what we actually can !
This is a world-wide phenonominum (sp-?) as boater owners, world-wide under-estimate the amount of time , cost , and energy , that it takes to put our boats in shape, and ready for Sea.
It is the ones that persever and do what ever it takes, who actually set off , to distant ports of call . Those who prepared well , do actually make it , those that didn’t, turn back and return.
Here is hoping that Ben , can and does , live his dream ,,,,, Douglas