I've started to restore a 1937 sailing dinghy I picked up recently.
It is a AA model and all trim is mahogany. Stripping the interior pieces, and particularly the seats and centerboard trunk, it certainly looked like all of the mahogany had been hit with red filler stain (not the cedar ribs or planking). I removed and disassembled the trunk this weekend, and the inside of the trunk very clearly has red filler stain. Judging from the state of the fasteners, wood to wood joints, and tack holes in the keel, I just took off the original canvas and the trunk has not been removed before. It really looks like the mahogany was stained at the factory. There's no information on staining on the build sheet. Is there any hard data on the use of filler stain at Old Town? Color?? I'm not a huge fan of filler stain, but I have to replace a piece of the trunk and staining would help hide the new wood. If staining was done originally, I'll feel better about it.
Thanks,
Bill
It is a AA model and all trim is mahogany. Stripping the interior pieces, and particularly the seats and centerboard trunk, it certainly looked like all of the mahogany had been hit with red filler stain (not the cedar ribs or planking). I removed and disassembled the trunk this weekend, and the inside of the trunk very clearly has red filler stain. Judging from the state of the fasteners, wood to wood joints, and tack holes in the keel, I just took off the original canvas and the trunk has not been removed before. It really looks like the mahogany was stained at the factory. There's no information on staining on the build sheet. Is there any hard data on the use of filler stain at Old Town? Color?? I'm not a huge fan of filler stain, but I have to replace a piece of the trunk and staining would help hide the new wood. If staining was done originally, I'll feel better about it.
Thanks,
Bill