1956 Chris Craft 19' Capri Bleaching 5 28 29,2020 Snake Mountain Boatworks LLC

It’s bleaching, well, bleaching-over-two-days, for our 1956 19’ Chris Craft Capri Runabout.
Joe has been applying Dalys A & B Bleach (https://www.dalyswoodfinishes.com/sto..., mixed 3:1, B:A for about 2+ hours when the first half of the clip was shot on May 28, 2020. That clip promises a follow-up view of snow white topsides and transom today, May 29, 2020.
While much of the wood, which is still 35% moisture content on the gauge this morning, is quite white, and will get even whiter as it dries, the fact that there are so many replaced planks, each of which is a different species of mahogany, we failed to achieve our desired uniformity.
Anthony has attacked the topsides again, and he will keep apply the 3B:1A bleach mix for the next several hours. Then we will allow it to dry down to 10% or so before we scuff it with medium Scotch Brite pads, vacuum it thoroughly and begin staining it.
Our stain of choice, and it will be yours as well once you try it, is J’eld stain from the Lake Oswego Boat Co. (https://www.loboat.com/products-suppl.... Mike Mayer offers this incredibly easy-to-apply, easy-to-get-to-uniformity stain in quarts. We will use Chris-Craft Post War.
More on its way to you shortly…..