Refinishing Mahogany

I am in the process of refinishing the interior of my 29 and I have most of the wood sanded, and it appears to be pretty smooth. I've never heard of "filler stain". I was thinking of just a clear finish, the wood will darken after the finish dries. Now I know why the trim pieces look different, they are teak. Anyway, I've refinished a lot of oak, but that's close grained. Mahogany grain seems to be more open, so a sealer-stain might be in order? On the other hand it's a boat, not a piece of fine furniture, and I want to sail it sometime this year! Suggestions? Thanks, David Dobbs CAL29 411

My Cal 2-29 Hull 918 has an all Teak interior and the 29 that I raced on has a mahogany interior, not sure about its trim. Was Teak used in the all the 2-29? For interior wood finish you can use I believe its a paste on bees wax sealer I forget the name but have some on the boat, and sand it into the finish with lighter and lighter wet and dry sand paper depending on the surface condition. To maintain occasionally wipe another coat on. its simple can be used on finished wood or unfinished. It will give a furniture quality finish. Mark San Pedro ----- Original Message ----- From: david dobbs To: Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, April 19, 2012 7:32 PM Subject: [Cal_Boats] Refinishing Mahogany I am in the process of refinishing the interior of my 29 and I have most of the wood sanded, and it appears to be pretty smooth. I've never heard of "filler stain". I was thinking of just a clear finish, the wood will darken after the finish dries. Now I know why the trim pieces look different, they are teak. Anyway, I've refinished a lot of oak, but that's close grained. Mahogany grain seems to be more open, so a sealer-stain might be in order? On the other hand it's a boat, not a piece of fine furniture, and I want to sail it sometime this year! Suggestions? Thanks, David Dobbs CAL29 411 __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 7070 (20120419) __________ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.com __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 7070 (20120419) __________ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.com

On 4/19/2012 10:32 PM, david dobbs wrote: > I am in the process of refinishing the interior of my 29 and I have > most of the wood sanded, and it appears to be pretty smooth. I've > never heard of "filler stain". I was thinking of just a clear finish, > the wood will darken after the finish dries. Now I know why the trim > pieces look different, they are teak. Anyway, I've refinished a lot > of oak, but that's close grained. Mahogany grain seems to be more > open, so a sealer-stain might be in order? The purpose of the filler stain is to fill the open grain--the little valleys in the wood. If you varnish without filling, then you have to apply a lot of coats with sanding between to level out the surface. Mahogany is fairly opened-grained, which is why the marine stains are filler-stains. They have a lot of stuff in them, and they come very thick. You remove some from the can and thin it (don't thin it in the can--the stuff will no longer stay in suspension if you do). Apply the filler stain, let it sit as directed, then rub it off cross-grain to work the filler into the grain. If you want the mahogany to darken, use the washing soda method before you apply the filler stain. Chris Campbell