CD 28:Replacing toe rails, restoring teak the easy way?

[Tom Young]

My boat is under cover in Maine, I am undercover in Vermont. I plan to remove the split/cracked toe rails. I will also remove the coamings, hand rails, dorade box etc. I will manufacture new rails in my shop, using old for screw holes, scarf joint etc. I plan to strip teak and apply varnish(at my leisure in the shop). I will reinstall the teak in the spring. I plan to use the finished plugs which can be tapped flush with the surface(dab of glue). I may have to disguise oak plugs to resemble the teak. This will require little touch up of the varnish, bedding compound should be easy to clean up.
Any experience with this method would be appreciated. Thanks



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[Dana]

My boat is under cover in Maine, I am undercover in Vermont. I plan to remove the split/cracked toe rails. I will also remove the coamings, hand rails, dorade box etc. I will manufacture new rails in my shop, using old for screw holes, scarf joint etc. I plan to strip teak and apply varnish(at my leisure in the shop). I will reinstall the teak in the spring. I plan to use the finished plugs which can be tapped flush with the surface(dab of glue). I may have to disguise oak plugs to resemble the teak. This will require little touch up of the varnish, bedding compound should be easy to clean up.
Any experience with this method would be appreciated. Thanks

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Just one comment....why not use teak plugs instead? It may be different now but I remember buying a bag of them for some work I did. At that time (87) they were not too expensive ($5-6).

Happy Holidays,

Dana



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[Ed Roberts]

Tom -

Regarding those plugs for the teak, there is a kind of tubular drill bit that will make plugs out of your scrap teak, assuring an exact match.
Ed Roberts



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[Lee Hodsdon]

My boat is under cover in Maine, I am undercover in Vermont. I plan to remove the split/cracked toe rails. I will also remove the coamings, hand rails, dorade box etc. I will manufacture new rails in my shop, using old for screw holes, scarf joint etc. I plan to strip teak and apply varnish(at my leisure in the shop). I will reinstall the teak in the spring. I plan to use the finished plugs which can be tapped flush with the surface(dab of glue). I may have to disguise oak plugs to resemble the teak. This will require little touch up of the varnish, bedding compound should be easy to clean up.
Any experience with this method would be appreciated. Thanks

Tom,

I replaced the teak toe and rub rails, removed and sanded the coamings etc. on my Typhoon three years ago. I would recommend following Dana's suggestion of teak bungs, try Jamestown distributors in Rhode Island as a supplier. Also try a small dab of bedding compound beneath each bung, sand smooth then finish. This will prevent moisture from entering at the bung seams. I am certain you will be pleased with the results.

Best of Luck and Best wishes of the Season.

Lee



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[Craig Soucy]

Making your own plugs is the way to go. If you do not have appropriate drill bit available, your boat yard should.

My boatyard suggested to me, to make bedding compound out of epoxy (I use West System) and Teak saw dust. Makes a nice clean seal, with excellent color match. I used this technique to replace all bungs on my last boat (Oday 25) with great success.

Note: That this is a rather perment installation, but I have always had to drill out bungs anyway.

Craig Soucy
CD 30C

My boat is under cover in Maine, I am undercover in Vermont. I plan to remove the split/cracked toe rails. I will also remove the coamings, hand rails, dorade box etc. I will manufacture new rails in my shop, using old for screw holes, scarf joint etc. I plan to strip teak and apply varnish(at my leisure in the shop). I will reinstall the teak in the spring. I plan to use the finished plugs which can be tapped flush with the surface(dab of glue). I may have to disguise oak plugs to resemble the teak. This will require little touch up of the varnish, bedding compound should be easy to clean up.
Any experience with this method would be appreciated. Thanks

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