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marlinguy Frequent Elocutionist Online Ballards may be weaker, but they sure are neater! Posts: 16950 Location: Oregon Joined: Feb 2^nd, 2009	Re: New trick I learned Reply #15 - Jul 28^th, 2025 at 3:55pm	Print Post
	AJ wrote on Jul 28^th, 2025 at 3:02pm: This thread has some good info on using wood bleach in finishing sticks: (You need to *Login* or *Register* to view media files and links) That's Jim Dager's great thread, and it's been so long since Jim posted it I'd totally forgotten about his mention of bleach. We talked and messaged back then when Jim was going strong rebuilding and restoring old Marlin lever actions. Jim even restored an 1891 Marlin for me then. Tuff getting old and forgetting.

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AJ Full Member Offline Posts: 172 Joined: Aug 25^th, 2011	Re: New trick I learned Reply #16 - Jul 28^th, 2025 at 5:34pm	Print Post
	Marlinguy, I have read and re-read a lot of Jim’s posts, and found a wealth of knowledge in his writings. I particularly enjoyed his thread on color case hardening, where secrets to the art were shared with more specificity than any other source I have found.


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marlinguy Frequent Elocutionist Online Ballards may be weaker, but they sure are neater! Posts: 16950 Location: Oregon Joined: Feb 2^nd, 2009	Re: New trick I learned Reply #17 - Jul 28^th, 2025 at 6:32pm	Print Post
	AJ wrote on Jul 28^th, 2025 at 5:34pm: Marlinguy, I have read and re-read a lot of Jim’s posts, and found a wealth of knowledge in his writings. I particularly enjoyed his thread on color case hardening, where secrets to the art were shared with more specificity than any other source I have found. He said Oscar Gaddy was very helpful to him when he was learning color case work, and he took that and experimented until he got it right. Jim eventually sold his non related company and moved to Wyoming, and completely stopped doing restorations as a hobby. He could have easily made a living at it, but he's enjoying taking elk off his deck since he retired instead.

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boats Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 7628 Location: Virginia Joined: Apr 23^rd, 2004	Re: New trick I learned Reply #18 - Jul 29^th, 2025 at 12:31pm	Print Post
	Oxilic Acid is a standard on wood boat trim or decks. Fresh in the Coast Guard 1966 first assignment was on the CGC Cherokee. Ex US Navy Fleet tug 195 feet long. Built in 1937 they gave her to the CG after WW2, CG ran her until late 70’s in service nearly 50 years. She had teak decks laid in tar over the steel deck. Good footing and protected the steel from rust. Boat carried big buckets of Oxilic Acid, mopped on with water, bad spots grease etc, scrubbed with long handled brushes. Always applied bright sunlight days. Let it sit hour or so then wash off with a fire hose. It was a fairly easy cleaning job, came out almost white after, never saw any planks needing replacement. It’s good stuff. Boats


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burntwater Senior Forum Member Offline Posts: 485 Location: Michigan Joined: Feb 5^th, 2018	Re: New trick I learned Reply #19 - Jul 29^th, 2025 at 1:06pm	Print Post
	Boats is dead nut on. On teak oxalic laid on well diluted set half to one hour and teak come back golden. I built truck loads of real teak ( Burma ) outdoor furniture for retirement communities and thought they used oxalic two or three times a year. I got the maintenance crews to change over to Bar Keepers. Just wet out, sprinkle, brush it around to cover then wash off about half hour later. They loved it and no mixing. The USN had lots of smaller ships like minesweeper that had conventional laid and caulked fir decks and oxalic tends to burn soft long grain species like fir making it brittle Rick


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marlinguy Frequent Elocutionist Online Ballards may be weaker, but they sure are neater! Posts: 16950 Location: Oregon Joined: Feb 2^nd, 2009	Re: New trick I learned Reply #20 - Jul 29^th, 2025 at 3:06pm	Print Post
	boats wrote on Jul 29^th, 2025 at 12:31pm: Oxilic Acid is a standard on wood boat trim or decks. Fresh in the Coast Guard 1966 first assignment was on the CGC Cherokee. Ex US Navy Fleet tug 195 feet long. Built in 1937 they gave her to the CG after WW2, CG ran her until late 70’s in service nearly 50 years. She had teak decks laid in tar over the steel deck. Good footing and protected the steel from rust. Boat carried big buckets of Oxilic Acid, mopped on with water, bad spots grease etc, scrubbed with long handled brushes. Always applied bright sunlight days. Let it sit hour or so then wash off with a fire hose. It was a fairly easy cleaning job, came out almost white after, never saw any planks needing replacement. It’s good stuff. Boats Thanks for the info Boats. How did the mops hold up to the treatment? Did they fall apart from the acid?

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boats Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 7628 Location: Virginia Joined: Apr 23^rd, 2004	Re: New trick I learned Reply #21 - yesterday at 7:04am	Print Post
	Mops on the Cherokee did not last long, Oxalic mops were worn or stained from other uses. Tossed when they started getting thin. It’s remarkable how the Oxalic cleaned. The boat had a towing winch aft, 2500 feet of 2 1/2 inch wire. We would grease it were it went over the stern roller, dripped grease on the deck. Treated right away the Oxalic cleaned it up easily. Never used it home shop and did not know it’s available in hardware stores. Think I’ll get a jug. Boats


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