EDWARD REMOVING VARNISH ON PUFFIN
Retirement is not all relaxation. We have scrubbed the boat top to bottom, cleaned and polished the plastic windows. Now Edward is finishing the last of the wood. It is so much fun. Scrape the old varnish off using a heat gun to soften it, then sand it, then wash it down with teak brightener to get the clean and match the color, put on teak oil and then varnish. After it is dry go back and sand, clean, oil and varnish about 3 or 4 times more. The winds and temperature have made this job much better than doing it in July or August. I am the SUPERVISOR to watch that he does not miss anything and to warn him from stepping back too far and falling into the water or to call for help - he is working with a power tool on the water! So far, he has had only a few minor burns with the hot varnish from the heat gun dropping down on him.
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