An all teak head never made sense to me.  With showers and our leaving the 
hatch open for air flow led us to partially paint the head's bulkheads.  Very 
happy with the practical and aesthetic result.  PaInting the saloon however, is 
a different discussion.

And I do believe our bulkheads are veneered so sanding through the veneer is a 
distinct possibility.  Did that in few spots whilst refinishing floors.

Sent from my Android. Please forgive typos. Thank you.

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Subject: Re: Stus-List Interior teak painting


Resale value was not even a consideration when I painted the head bulkhead, so 
YMMV on that. I do like how it came out well enough to think about doing it to 
some other areas too. For the head at least it makes cleanup a lot easier.

Joe

Coquina  C&C 35 MK I


On 3/1/2020 5:26 AM, Neil Andersen via CnC-List wrote:
As someone who sells Yachts for a living, painting over teak would be a show 
stopper and/or a cause to cut the offer significantly.  If you are covering the 
floor you are obviously “hiding water damage” (always better to replace the 
floor with real or synthetics).   If you are painting over cabinetry you it 
looks like you are covering up a serious event that was a result of flooding.

Solid woods like on our boats can & should be sanded down and re-treated.  
There is a (once) beautiful 38 Landfall that  had such serious leaks while on 
the hard that it was raining below decks.  Nobody will touch the boat now.  
When in good shape it was selling for $75k.  It’s now collecting dirt and we 
can’t get offers for $5k for the boat.

Looking like you are trying to hide something is almost as bad as letting the 
boat just rot.

That all said, if you aren’t concerned with re-sale, do what you want to make 
the boat look good for your purposes.  Just realize the implications.  I 
replaced my floor and am sanding and re-finishing my wood where needed as time 
does take a toll and things get wet from sailing, sun, rain and crew.  It is a 
boat after all.

Neil Andersen
1982 C&C 32, FoxFire
Rock Hall, MD
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