How to clean and oil wood on a boat with Owatrol Deck Cleaner and Deks Olje D1

How I used Owatrol Deck Cleaner and Deks Olje D1 to refinish and renovate the bare wood on my sailboat and protect it from the harsh environment of the sea. My boat is a Yaquina Bay One-Design by Paul Gartside.

[@celticwarrior916]

Thanks again! I hope to see your videos on this in the future. I need to refinish my flooring too. I think my boat had "boat goo" used on it before- (pine tar, lineseed oil and turpintine mix, I think) used on it before, so I will be stripping the flooring and using the D1 since it appears to work well for you. I appreciate you sharing the info! Cheers!

[@WavingNotDrowning]

The floor is turning out really nice. The Deks Olje is working well. I’ve a bit more work to do then I’ll publish a video about the floor renovation. Hope your floor project goes well.

[@Pocketfarmer1]

Hi, nice boat. I’m in the early stages of rebuilding a very old sharpie ketch and doing research. What seam compound have you used and with what have you coated those stunning decks ? My boat is a bit bigger . The decks will be walked on regularly so I am looking for something to protect the wood and provide reasonable traction.

[@WavingNotDrowning]

I didn’t build the boat, but I believe epoxy was used on the seams. Stikaflex between the deck planks. The mahogany planked deck is coated with Epifanes satin two-part poly varnish. Really tough stuff. But I may cut it back and re-coat with Epifanes traditional one-part gloss. It looks even better and is designed for wood that flexes as it’s less brittle and less liable to crack - it’s softer though. See my other videos where I cover varnish and oil use. My floorboards are coated in Owatrol Deks Olje D.1. Epifanes have good video tutorials on TH-cam. Hope that helps.