Stripping and Fairing Vintage Boats

There is a new old Lyman sleeper in Vermont! And she's being prepped for Lake ...
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After having masked and taped her off yesterday, we began removing GMB's many layers of ...
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Let's agree, stripping varnish or paint is just plain WORK! But it is the first ...
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It is Saturday and the Captivator project continues. The decks and most of the gunwales ...
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This video contains a plea, “If you do not know how to repair rotted members, ...
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It was a long, long day. With heat gun in hand, RJ completed stripping the ...
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The 1955 Penn Yan Commander Aristocrat left the factory with her transom, topsides, decks and ...
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My wife keeps asking, “Why is it taking you so long to just strip the ...
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Now that the 1946 Chris-Craft mahogany U22 is flipped, we are launching into the True ...
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Another milestone, well, almost fading in our wake. John has a bit of Sikaflex to ...
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We are so close to being able to shout, “There! The topside paint and transom ...
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RJ and I have been challenging our shoulders, first dry-scraping all the loose bottom paint ...
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What a “wonderful” work environment! Not! I have enjoyed two weeks “down under” the flipped ...
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Yes, once again, no matter how long I’ve been preserving wood boats, seldom does a ...
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Yesterday we stripped her transom, flipped her, released her splash rails and stripped her bottom ...
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After raising her five feet above the floor, RJ and I have been fully enjoying ...
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Our 1937 20-foot Lyman runabout is still planked in her original Philippine mahogany that has ...
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We continue with the most unpleasant elements of wood boat preservation, stripping, sanding sealing and ...
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This 12’ 1953 Penn Yan Swift CZT, hull number CZT 251, continues to impress us ...
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Our 1956 19-ft. Chris-Craft Capri has had a tough life, what with being assaulted by ...
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How I wish that wood boat enthusiasts and self-styled restorers never discovered orbital or random ...
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Having emptied her innards and flipped her, we are hard at removing decades of paint, ...
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