Exterior Teak
Update Feb 2 - I did get a hold of some oxalic acid and it does a remarkable job of cleaning the weathered Teak. Still not sure what I’ll do to finish or replace but I will simply reinstall the clean and sanded bow seat and deal with other priorities.
Original post
I must confess that I am a huge fan of exterior brightwork on other people's boats. I have zero interest in varnishing. Part of what appealed to me about the OVNI is its form-before-function design ethic, however, when I list the now-weathered exterior teak parts, I'm a bit surprised.
The OVNI 435/6 has:
- A bow pulpit seat
- dodger trim
- companionway hatch trim
- cockpit seat slats (a nice contoured curved design that can drain, though it’s awkward to paint the adjacent metalwork.)
- convertible teak grating/cockpit sole. (an unloved feature, replaced by a fixed folding-leaf table in later models)
- A teak-slatted helm seat.
- A lift out helm grating/rudder post cover. (nice feature I think)
- a transom seat/hatch.
Bow Pulpit
Pretty weathered. I brought it home to refinish or replace. What have others done with this? I did clean it up with oxalic acid and sand it a bit. Not a fan of how the factory drilled through the pulpit tubing to install.
Helm Seat.
Screws corroded and broken, itll be a PITA to remove them, and a bit of a fussy job to renew the seat slats. Doable, but as above, is there a better solution? I traced a template when I was last there.
Dodger Base
Convertible grating/table
The convertible teak grating/table seems to be an unloved feature for reasons I can understand. (the Later 435s have fixed drop leaf table)
The long cockpit seat slats are each riveted and plugged. Has anyone turend this into an easier -to-remove assembly for ease of painting of the aluminum below?
