TEAK WOOD CARE

[Legal Limit 2]

Sudzy Amonia, Cascade, Wisk, Tide. What is the best care for cleaning and keeping the teak looking new? Oil or no Oil?

[Squidnation]

Please refer to Dropback on the board about teak care. He is the ultimate master of teak. I have no idea what he does but the boat looks awesome at all times. If you are local he will probably stop by and show you what he does to teak.

[pitch bait]

Lately we have been using this salt that you stick in with yr soap when you wash the deck. It seems to work really good. I will get the name when I go go to the boat.

[DILLIGAF]

I use a two part system. The first part is an acid that cleans all the dirt and gunk out of the wood and the swecond part neutralizes the acid. You will put the acid on and use a stiff bristled brush to even out the acid, you don't scrub it in. Once you've done that and it is kinda dry, wash it off with water. Make sure you get all the acid off when rinsing. Then get the nuetralizer and do the same thing. Once the wood is dry you can start oiling it. Its not hard. It takes me a total of 3 hours to acid treat and oil the teak on my boat. Here is a pic of it in July. I reconditioned the teak back in February.

[pitch bait]

Hey man I have a question about that barrel in the back round of your pic. Is that the chum system that they use on the left side (West Coast) with the wash down hose and such?

[Finesse]

Lately we have been using this salt that you stick in with yr soap when you wash the deck. It seems to work really good. I will get the name when I go go to the boat.

Pitch ...do you mean TSP (TriSodium Phosphate ) ??
Tip Top Teak also uses a granular cleaner and a liquid brightner

[gradywhite273]

finally something im qualified to talk about wood. I built my dad a teak boarding step for the battlewagon. before i coated it, i scubbed it down with teak cleaner. After it dried, i put Waterlox Marine Sanding sealer on it. It has tung oil in it, so it brought the wood up beautifully. Its been on there for two years and still looks good. I am going to bring it to the workshop this winter , hit it with some 220 sandpaper and recoat it. Depending on where the teak is, ie is it decorative or does it need to have some traction. There is also a Waterlox Marine Finisher that looks great. Though it will get alittle more slippery.


Tim

[WAHOONBOX]

I AM STANDING BY FOR "DROPBACK'S " ANSWER MYSELF......HE MUST BE FORCED AT GUNPOINT TO DO THIS TEAK CARE EVERDAY....AND TWICE ON SUNDAY

[flatbottom]

to answer pitch bait. I saw a portable 40 gallon round barrel used as a spot tank last week. At the top 5 inches down is a hole with a connection to a hose running to the scuppers. On the opposite side 5 inches up from bottom is a connection to the raw water line. Pump it in the bottom and let is drain out the top. The barrel holds three hundred spot easy...southern states or a tractor supply should have the blue barrels, but they have the top on it. Cut it out with some aviation snips(yellow grips/straights) all connections and sealant can be bought at the southern states or tractor supply

[DILLIGAF]

Hey man I have a question about that barrel in the back round of your pic. Is that the chum system that they use on the left side (West Coast) with the wash down hose and such?

Thats what we tried to do, but it didn't work as well as I would've liked it to.