Refinishing Master Stateroom

[Pettigrewr]

The original 55 year old finish is beyond any saving so the SANDING has begun.
I'm in the first stage which is sanding with 60 grit.
Stage 2 - sanding with 120 grit.
Stage 3 - vacuum, vacuum, vacuum.
By the way, solid mahogany!

[SKYCHENEY]

That is gonna look spectacular when completed. What finish are you going to use?

[Boatsb]

If you can spray look into the xalta wood finish they use on the high end aircraft. It's durable and lays out so pretty. I'm looking at the same with a UV for name boards.

[SEVEN]

What a difference taking that old yellow varnish off. It’s going to look fabulous. Send more photos as the job continues. We used Matte finish on ours and it looks beautiful. Try a sample.

[Pettigrewr]

Thank you.
I wanted to keep the room as light as possible so I am simply going to apply General Finishes Arm R Seal Gloss Top Coat. it's a wipe on poly. 3 coats is the recommendation with a very light sanding of 600 grit after first and second coat. two to four hours between coats. I choose gloss because I did not want to take a chance of a streaking problem that can occur with satin or semi-gloss which does not occur with gloss. Also, gloss will reflect the light better for a brighter looking room while still allowing the mahogany to exhibit it's beauty. The upper portion of the walls around the portholes was painted with awlgrip by a previous owner and would be impossible to sand off completely so I will either repaint that area white or cover over with matte white Formica or Wilson Art Laminate. If I cover those walls with laminate,that means pulling the portholes out which i'm not crazy about doing right now but that's a decision yet to be made. Flooring will be Viking commercial carpet, color is stoneybrook which is a dark blue. Curtains will match carpet. the original 1965 overhead light fixtures will be re-installed but with LED lamps.

[Pettigrewr]

More photos. Drawers.

[Pettigrewr]

Sanding finish off drawer fronts, Bed base curve was a PIA, closet wall corner.

[jim rosenthal]

I would redo the white areas in white or maybe look for a wall covering you like. As you say, sanding all that AG off will make an already big job really miserable.

[Pettigrewr]

If you can spray look into the xalta wood finish they use on the high end aircraft. It's durable and lays out so pretty. I'm looking at the same with a UV for name boards.

I would have considered spraying, however, I don't have a compressor anymore and I already have the Arm R Seal. Spraying is a better finish and will consider it after the results of this project.
I am doing the whole boat, room by room.
Thanks for the suggestion on the spray.
who makes it?

[SKYCHENEY]

Axalta is the old Dupont finishes company. They own Imron.

I used Imron MS1 clear on my nameboards and other exterior teak several years ago and it has held up well.