V-32 Deck Refinish

This idea stolen from a buddy by the name of Steve, way down in Austin, TX.
My Deck was looking pretty ragged after a couple of years in the sun.
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I started by stripping the hull and deck clean, leaving on the hatch coaming only.
I peeled off the original hull pinstriping, and sanded the original blue paint off, I used
a very mild varnish/finish remover on the deck until it was clean.

With the deck sanded and ready for finishing, I striped the whole deck with 1/4 automotive pinstriping tape and with a really blunt tool sealed the edges of each stripe as they went on. Each stripe was edge to edge with the next running lengthwise.

Then I peeled off every other strip, and, again I took a blunt plastic "tool", scrap plastic with a nice rounded edge, and rubbed the edge of each remaining stripe to prevent bleed under. I stained the initial exposed area with the dark stain first, I used a dark stain "pen" normally intended for touch ups that had about a 1/4 inch wide angled flat tip (I'm sure you could use a sponge or rag wetted with dark stain too) I think I did each exposed area twice, and then removed the remaining pinstripe with a quick snap while the dark stain was still wet, this cuts down on peelback and such.

Once the Dark stain had dried, I stained the whole deck with the lighter stain. Then I used a fine point sharpie marker to make the board end lines. Once all that was dried, I covered with a clear coat.