Restoring Chris-Craft Boats to their Original Beauty
Now that I have it nice and smooth, it’s time for the color match like I had talked about in the past post. I used probably about six different colors of stain trying to even it out as much as possible. This top always makes it interesting when you have variations of all the wood and also new wood. As …
Since this boat bar is vintage style, I have to limit my sanding on it. I take a very sharp chisel and slowly cut all the plugs down flat to the surface, as close as possible. That way I have very little sanding to do and it doesn’t take away the old stain and varnish. After I’ve used a chisel …
Ready. Set. Go…starting the plugs. You can never really appreciate this until you have done it yourself. So, the next time I’m ready to start plugging, I will be looking for volunteers. Most boats or boat bars take two sizes of plugs. There are smaller ones that are used in the planks, and larger ones that are for the top …
Yeah, this is always the fun part…trying to make the decision of how to lay out the top deck down the side of a boat bar. There are too many options of how to lay this out. I basically make a decision based on looks and nothing else. Now it’s time to get back on that top rail and get …
Time to start shaping the front rail. You just have to take it slow and easy. I do it pretty much by eye. I just take it slow and easy. I use a planer and a shaper and am very patient. As I go, I can see the highs and lows and what I need to take off, a little …