87 Four Winns 210 Horizon resto

[rickryder]

Re: 87 Four Winns 210 Horizon resto

Thanks emoney! We'll button up the last few things on Sunday and be ready to take her out next Saturday

 

[produceguy]

Re: 87 Four Winns 210 Horizon resto

That's great!!

Don't forget the camera.

 

[Kotte]

Re: 87 Four Winns 210 Horizon resto

Hi Rick,
any updates on the boat? Looking forward to see her in the water.

 

[rickryder]

Re: 87 Four Winns 210 Horizon resto

We only had Sunday to work on the boat.......Rain in the AM.... We got the winch all repaired and just need wire rope. We installed the depth finder,removed the old stereo and all the odds and ends. All we have left is to mount the seats at the helm,fluid in the trim pump and gear lube the out drive I can see a splash next Sunday

We will work on the interior stuff as we can to finish her up..... BUT WE NEED TO GET OUT ON THE WATER!!!!! LOL

 

[rickryder]

Re: 87 Four Winns 210 Horizon resto

Looking at the weather report for the week......rain...... Well that may give us some time to work on the side panels and some trim work......all the teak needs to be refinished and rear seats and engine cover built..... Plus I still have to get the vinyl for the seats and bow cushions.

 

[Kotte]

Re: 87 Four Winns 210 Horizon resto

Sounds great. Don't forget to take a lot of pictures when you do your side panels and the bow cushions.

 

[rickryder]

Re: 87 Four Winns 210 Horizon resto

Started sanding all the teak trim and will be spar varnishing it all with about 10 coats I'll post up some pics
I will take a bunch of pics when we do the interior work and the sewing of the bow cushions.....that may be in a few weeks because of fishing season!

 

[rickryder]

Re: 87 Four Winns 210 Horizon resto

Ok here are a few pics of the teak with a few coats of spar varnish.... all the teak was really dry and gray... looks much better now








weird how some of it is golden in color and the other dark like mahogany....

I bet Woodonglass can tell me why that is..... He is a fantastic woodworker

 

[Woodonglass]

Re: 87 Four Winns 210 Horizon resto

Teak is a very oily wood with lots of variation in color from tree to tree. As you are finding out!!! After exposure to moisture, UV rays etc... It can and will change colors. If left untreated it will usually turn to a Gray color. You can use Laquer thinner or Acetone to clean the wood some times to "Lighten" it a bit and there are some commercial "Bleach" type cleaners for it but part of the beauty of this wood IS it's color variances. Since you have sealed it you are pretty much stuck with what you have now. Of course you could be a "Dumb OKIE" and Paint it!!!!! BUT.... If you do, I will be forced to drive ALL the way back east and Kick your Yankee Butt!!!!!!!!

P.S. I think it looks AWESOME!!!!!!

 

[Kotte]

Re: 87 Four Winns 210 Horizon resto

Looks good Rick!
Where dose all the teak wood come from?

 

[rickryder]

Re: 87 Four Winns 210 Horizon resto

Teak is a very oily wood with lots of variation in color from tree to tree. As you are finding out!!! After exposure to moisture, UV rays etc... It can and will change colors. If left untreated it will usually turn to a Gray color. You can use Laquer thinner or Acetone to clean the wood some times to "Lighten" it a bit and there are some commercial "Bleach" type cleaners for it but part of the beauty of this wood IS it's color variances. Since you have sealed it you are pretty much stuck with what you have now. Of course you could be a "Dumb OKIE" and Paint it!!!!! BUT.... If you do, I will be forced to drive ALL the way back east and Kick your Yankee Butt!!!!!!!!


P.S. I think it looks AWESOME!!!!!!

LOL I would never paint it!!! Being a carpenter I love the natural wood
I did wipe it all down with acetone before applying the spar
Thanks for the thumbs up Bud

 

[rickryder]

Re: 87 Four Winns 210 Horizon resto

Looks good Rick!
Where dose all the teak wood come from?

The dash, trim around the helm, glove box door, cooler lid, back rail and all the stepping points on the tops of the gunwales and bow.

I still have the ski locker hatch and the entire swim platform to do as well..... That is for another day when the weather gets nicer..... I'm already getting some bad looks from the woman for stinking up the house because I'm doing it in the basement :facepalm:

 

[produceguy]

Re: 87 Four Winns 210 Horizon resto

That teak looks great.
I used the miniwax stain with poly in it and yours looks much nicer.

 

[rickryder]

Re: 87 Four Winns 210 Horizon resto

I'm using Cabot Spar Varnish

 

[Joshua Nichols]

Re: 87 Four Winns 210 Horizon resto

Four Winns has teak figured out..
I thought you wasn't suppose to use varnish on it?? Thought I read that in the owners manual or something.. Oh well.. Looks good..

Should ask Friscoboater what he used on his Glastron.. It turned out good...

 

[rickryder]

Re: 87 Four Winns 210 Horizon resto

It was in real bad shape...dry cracked warped and gray. The dash trim was broken in 3 places so I glued it all back together and glued the cracks on some of the other pieces. It's by no means perfect and should have been replaced.

I did a bunch of searching the net and reading about spar varnish and teak..... pretty much if you wipe it down well with acetone to remove any oils on the surface and use 8-10 coats of a good uv resistant Spar var it will hold up for a few years. It will do for our fishing boat.

 

[rickryder]

Re: 87 Four Winns 210 Horizon resto

So we were to splash the boat Sunday with a weather forcast of 78 and sunny...... now the weather man says 66 and rain showers..... and rain next week and weekend for the extended forcast

Well at least we can splash it in the back yard....... Think I'm gonna name the boats Noah's Ark :facepalm:

 

[MAXXIE]

Re: 87 Four Winns 210 Horizon resto

Ha! I got burned with the same forcast. Yesterday he said, "nice, sunny with a SLIGHT chance of a sprinkle over night Saturday & mostly sunny on Sunday & Monday". This morning it's Mostly cloudly with hit & miss showers Friday, Sat. & Sun." Wish I had a job that I could be wrong all the time & still have a job. Not only was I starting the glassing this weekend, I was also diving into this 10,000 part wood play set the wife bought for our daughter for the back yard. Oh well...

 

[Friscoboater]

Re: 87 Four Winns 210 Horizon resto

Don't you just love spring? However we need rain to keep our lakes filled. If you are like me, you are about to explode with excitement.

 

[Woodonglass]

Re: 87 Four Winns 210 Horizon resto

Don't you just love spring? However we need rain to keep our lakes filled. If you are like me, you are about to explode with excitement.

I NEED to PAINT!!!!! #*@*#*@# Rain and Humidity!!!!!!! But WATER and LAKES IS a good combination. I guess I can wait a LITTLE longer before I go POSTAL!!!!