We have devoted two good summer weekends to bring our head back from old to new. This weekend, we finished the damned thing and it looks OK... in fact, better that just OK.
Last weekend, we masked and then applied two costs of Sikkens Cetol to the old teak trim, after carefully cleaning it. That looked fine, so this weekend, we begged off a cruise with our dockmates to Nappatree Point and settled down to spend most of our weekend in the head. That meant doing the reverse of last weekend: Mask off the newly refinished teak trim so we could paint the walls.
Those walls have a a wall covering that Silverton used back when this boat was built. It was dark and had some mold or other stains, much of which Frances scrubbed off. It was time to brighten things up with the same paint we used in the galley and in the door panels.
So, on Saturday morning, we turned on the AC (and public radio) and started taping. It is amazing how much detail there is in that head. Two plus hours later, we were ready to apply some Sherwin Williams paint. It's a mystery color that Frances came up with several years ago and in this boat, it looks great.
We used a small roller (very slowly) to do the wide surfaces and a one-inch brush for the edges and once we had the walls covered (with a second coat on some spots), our head looked really good.
The video shows a little bit more about how this project went.
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