I plan to use formica for the same area instead of paint.

On 9/28/2011 2:34 PM, allantereshko wrote:

I have #216 (now “Curve of Time”) and she has a “C” layout. I removed the cabinete over the icebox to open up the interior and now I’m leaning toward painting the cabin sides above the finger rail up to the ceiling. I am reluctant to go over the stain and varnished sides, but the visual offered by the white sides is appealing. I saw some pics of Tor’s Silverheels with the white interior and I liked it. Any thoughts on the prep work and the paint to be used, e.g. urethane, enamel. shade of white, etc?

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Aloha Allan: I painted the some of the internal surfaces on our yacht white. I used Pettit DuraWhite interior paint from West. The stuff was easy to work with, covers well ( I used 2 coats), and cleans up with water. I brushed it on.

Dan Kalinowski
Jolly Lama #135
Ko Olina, O’ahu

I used formica in the same area you describe.It matches the galley formica.Almost no prep,cheap,easy to cut and apply.Just remove the ports,cut and glue the formica,re-install the ports.Used one seam on each side.The look is awesome.Changes the whole interior look.Updates it but also brightens the whole interior as well as makes it look larger.You also remove it if you or a new owner decides and there’s the original teak side.My friend and I completed the project in 8 hours- 4 hours day one and completed with another 4 hours day 2.
I only did this in the main cabin,the V berth and aft cabin were left alone since the teak was looking good and I didn’t feel it would have the same dramatic effect.

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We redid C;airebuoyant’s interior in white formica with mostly varnished teak trim. both the sides and overhead. Looks good and really lightened up the cabin. Epoxy glued the formica to plywood. Only problem other than the massive number of panels was that the formica and plywood was a little too stiff to easily bend in place. Probably should have added some bend when gluing it together.
Quent

I suggest putting a good coat of some kind of varnish first. That way the white can be removed without damaging the wood at a later time.

Rich

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