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| Originally Posted by NYCAP123 Welcome HMI. Beautiful old girl there. Who is she? Lots of varnished wood. Did you get any experience redoing that? |
Thats the "Helene". Berthed in Lake St. Clair, MI. Owned then by old Detroit money. The decks were all teak. Two of us were the "knob polishers". We would start off aft and work our way forward. One to port, one to SB. "Teak" the decks, polish the lacquer and metal. At night she would charter parties. Next AM we were at it again. All summer. Oh and to answer your question. Nope no re-varnishing on that one. Except the decks. We constantly were re-teaking the decks. They supplied the stuff. It was in two parts. A cleaner and a "revitalizer". And we used brass brushes for that if I remember correctly.