75 18 doors

[seecraft75]

What have others used in replacing the doors on either side of engine well on the 18 ft potter. The old teak door, (I still have them), do not fit right do to age. I am looking to replace for this summer and going to redo whole boat this winter.

[uncleboo]

I reused mine. had to re-glue them with biscuits, then ran them through a planer to clean the face. Proceeded to coat them with about 8 coats of epiphanies varnish. They look awesome, IMHO. You can resize the hole or the recessed part on back of door to make fit. Mine are small for the opening, but, do the job.

[Capt Terry]

Before I could get back to it, unclebo gave you a response similar to mine. At one time my teak had scale on it like that on trunks of old orange trees. I pressure washed to get rid of large scale. Then a couple years later decided to go more thorough with bleaching, cleaning and sanding where I could. In my case I used Siskins Cetol (other CSCers prefer Epiphanes). It's looked great for over 10 years (stored under roof). So unless really damaged, with some trimming, repair and finishing they might look good again. Don't know if your doors are louvered. Check with Jim (think he is 77 Sceptre OB) who makes some teaklouvered doors when he has time.

[Capt Terry]

Try Jim under 77SceptreOB. I saw photos of his good looking doors at a gathering in Sebastian about a year ago.

[uncleboo]

From years of the PO's sanding and cleaning, you can see that the wood is smaller around the edges, see hinge edge. However, after giving them a lot of love, they look great. Did all the teak about 3 or 4 years ago and they only need some touch-up from cooler rash.