I just noticed this boat. I think its one of the best jobs I've seen to transform that aweful pink white washed oak interior. It looks good.
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Transforming the early 90's pickled oak interior
Sky Cheney
1985 53EDMY, Hull #CN759, "Rebecca"
ELYC on White Lake--Montague, MI
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02-18-2019 11:31 PM #2
Re: Transforming the early 90's pickled oak interior
If that's in fact what they did.... wow. Is it possible Hatteras built it this way for someone?
1978 53' Motor Yacht "LADY KAY V"
Hull number 524
Chesapeake Bay
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02-19-2019 07:22 AM #3
Re: Transforming the early 90's pickled oak interior
I had kitchen cabinets with that white washed "pink" look. I tried for all I could to get the white out of the grain so I could varnish, and it did not work. I wound up painting them white which looked fantastic. I doubt with that much wood grain remaining they were ever whitewashed. IHO
riverrandy
1975 64' MY Hull# 305
Merritt Island, FL
Cape Crossing Marina
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Re: Transforming the early 90's pickled oak interior
I've never seen a Hatteras with Oak that was not OEM white washed. That was the look at the time that boat was built. If you read the listing, they say all wood was refinished. I believe that is what was done which is why I posted it here because I was amazed that they made it look that good.
Sky Cheney
1985 53EDMY, Hull #CN759, "Rebecca"
ELYC on White Lake--Montague, MI
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02-19-2019 11:54 PM #5Senior Member
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Re: Transforming the early 90's pickled oak interior
I seem to remember when they were very popular. It was called white ash but who knows what the
actual wood was. I agree with Sky that it looks really good...in the photos. The cost of having something
like that done must have been significant. We had a couple of friends that had the white ash interior and
it looked fine ...... for the first few years. After a few years of use however, wear at corners and scratches
made it look shabby. Traditional teak or afromosia may not be fashions cutting edge but it really never
goes out of style.
Walt
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02-20-2019 12:16 PM #6
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I am too. I cannot imagine that it's all solid and that the panels HAVE to be veneered. Must have been some pretty hefty veneer as the white wash goes IN and you have to sand down THAT much, so the risk is going through the veneer.....
I'd love to talk to the guys that did it. I am not averse to doing it but you have to have the meat on there to do it. I don't like the white boats but there's some very cool layouts from that period that I would then "restore".
I remember spending 3 months straight stripping all the paint off the trim, every window, door, base board and ceiling trim, in a turn of the century house in Cleveland. It was a bear but it came out gorgeous. (Used a heat gun..... wonder if there was lead in there..... nah. I'm fine.... )1978 53' Motor Yacht "LADY KAY V"
Hull number 524
Chesapeake Bay
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02-20-2019 02:08 PM #7Senior Member
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Re: Transforming the early 90's pickled oak interior
That's very pretty.
I just posted on my Roamer thread about repurposing old doors, which were painted with white enamel, into pretty mahogany boards and cleats. After breaking the doors down, I ran the individual component boards through a thickness planer to get down to clean wood. I took off 3/32" (three passes at 1/32") to get down to mostly clean wood. But even with that much removed, one of the boards still has a field of white specks in a spot where the old enamel soaked in deep.
I can't imagine doing a whole boat.
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02-20-2019 03:54 PM #8Senior Member
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02-20-2019 10:10 PM #9
Re: Transforming the early 90's pickled oak interior
any chance that they used a stain and poly all in one?
Mis b' havin
1972 58 yachtfish
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pass christian, ms.
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02-20-2019 11:44 PM #10Senior Member
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Re: Transforming the early 90's pickled oak interior
Of course it's possible that the transformation was done by applying new veneer rather than remove
the old finish. I think that would be much easier.
Walt