Removing interior handrails (bunghole redux) and vinyl update

Well I spent this weekend removing the vinyl and handrails from my Cal 39 and it is a nasty job but here are my recommendations for anyone wanting to get rid of your moldy, leak hiding vinyl. First, remove the handrails. I tried to remove the vinyl on the port side without taking them off as I feared the hassle of removing and replacing them. Way more hassle than removing the rails! I took Wayne's advice and bought a Forstner bit (the type that looks like one the Walton's may have used with a brace back in the day). I bought one the same size as the bungs which in hindsight I think should be slightly smaller for a couple of reasons. First if you are slightly off center which I was almost every time, you run the risk of splintering the adjacent wood which I did. Secondly once you get the hole drilled you can pick out the edges with an "L" shaped dental type pick (you can buy a set at Sears and they are infinitely useful). If your bung is glued into your hole (insert joke here) you probably will want the bit to be the same size as the bung as it may not pick out that easy. My bungs came out of my holes fairly easy with a pick (insert joke here). My rails were held in with stainless screws that didn't seem to be in that deep and weren't all that tight oddly enough. Port side done. My apologies for the photos, they were taken with my phone. To do it right, it'd be best to remove and rebed the ports but I don't have the time for that at this point. What did was cut around them leaving a couple of inches around them and then make cuts radially outward from all the screws so that the port looks like a kids drawing of the sun with rays (cuts) shining outward. This helped me pull out 90% of the vinyl behind the ports. Some didn't make it out but most of it did. There are going to be some places where you just can't get it out like the piece of teak that is screwed to the underside of the deck to cover the genny track bolts. For those areas just use a really sharp utility knife and cut it while pulling out as hard as you can. The main thing you'll want is a small powerful shop vac because the dried foam on the back of the vinyl is laden with old glue that I'm sure is toxic and will do a number on your lungs. I also had a squirrel cage fan that blows a good 15mph breeze by my face the whole time. I also kept cleaning up as I pulled it off to keep this crap from getting everywhere rather than waiting till I was done and doing one big cleanup. You can see the buildup of foam at the intake. Two loose wires just laying behind the vinyl panel over the galley cabinets. Dunno if they are AC or DC yet. The plan is to take the glue off with a big wire brush on an angle grinder. If that doesn't work I'll move to a orbital sander with coarse paper and a slow speed. If this doesn't work uhhhhhhhhmmm we'll see. The walls are too rough to use a scraper. Once that is done I am going to fair it with West Systems and their lightweight 410 or 411 filler (can't remember which is the right #) and then paint with a marine interior paint. I'll post the results sometime in 2012 when I'm done :-(. Paul