by Torchie » Fri May 04, 2012 4:22 am
The last CC that I restored was a 18' Riviera (one of the so called blonde boats)
On that which was a complete replanking, we picked the lightest colored Mahogany for the boards that were to be blonde. We then bleached them with Oxalic acid and when done they were almost white.(Can be purchased from most good hardware or paint stores)
We then used a natural stain on them to bring out the grain and then varnished the entire boat.
As Andreas suggest I would do some tests because depending on the varnish that you use you may not want to use the CC blonde stain. It may become to yellow.
Karl.