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Refurbishing the Galley - Part 2 - Disassembly, prepping and refinishing

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Now that the galley Nice and cozy in my Garage, it was time to get down and dirty on it.... that is to continue the demolition... or Dis-assembly in this case.  The first thing that I had to do was to remove the Fiddle rails.  They were held in place using Stainless Steel Screws, covered by Teak Plugs.  Based upon some reading I had done in several different places, the best way to remove the plugs to get to the screws was as follows: A Teak Plug, waiting to be removed to get to the screw underneath The first thing to do is to drill a hole in the center of the plug, until you  ground out against the screw that is underneath Drill a hole Then insert a screw, slightly larger than the diameter of the hole you drilled.  and start screwing it in. Insert a screw The screw will ground out against the screw below and will lift out the plug.... well in theory anyway.  My own experience was that it gave you a good starting point, as the top part of the plug came out in p