Restoring Chris-Craft Boats to their Original Beauty
I built this first boat bar for my show room. After a couple years of restoring boats, I accumulated a lot of wood; blistered and splitting wood. They are planks that I’ve had to replace on the boats. I really hated to throw them away because it’s such a beautiful wood. So, I decided it was time to have a …
Yep, even lights. Why not?! Just the final touch that it needed. Believe it or not, but this bar has the equivalent wood of a 25 foot boat. This is a real boat light. At this point, there is no reason to cut any corners. I’ve built this to be either indoors or outdoors. It will survive the elements, but …
Had a nice day, so, I decided to push it out and clean it up a little bit. Now, it’s time to take some pictures. I talked about how this boat bar was totally designed by the owner. I really do like his design with the extenders on the second shelf just below the top, which makes a nice area …
Starting the varnish now. This will take about ten coats to get a shine, but will not take away from the vintage look. If I do say so myself, this is really looking sharp. Between each coat of varnish, I give it a light sanding to take out any imperfections in the varnish. After the sanding, I vacuum it and …