Teak - oil or not?

[DROPBACK]

OK, OK. I will be posting a how to on the whole teak thing hopefully by next week with photos. Pino will be helping me on this one.

Karl

[Finesse]

Sombich--- you mean something makes a Bertie look good?

Oh she was purdy .... after the nautolex deck finally went south

you know ... this stuff


and rotted the subfloor a teak deck and boards went in ... boat speed paid for it too

But damn ...it looked good

[Miles Offshore]

i was down at pirates cove last week chillin and was checking out the various teak dressings. i gotta say the natural very light looking teak was really pretty. i anxtiously await karl and bills tutorial to help me- gotta be a labor of love though.

[jawz12]

Fiberglass over it and paint it with awlgrip. You'll thank me every spring

sand it down,to remove any coatings...cover it in west system epoxy-first coat of west system epoxy,mix it with acetone-this will thin it,after it kicks,scotch brite pad the whole area,coat it again-keep going till the teak is completley covered in west system..after it's covered,remove the blush by cleaning it with soap and water,followed by scotch brite pads to scuff the surface...spray it in duratec sealer filler,then awlgrip.....situation solved !!!

if you really like the look of teak-use bleach-the cheapest bleach you can get-pour it on and give it a quick scrub-it will look great when it dries...when it starts to look nasty again,give it another shot of bleach.....

[JD5652]

Once clean, you can keep it that way by scrubbing with a soft brush and a mixture of sudsy amonia and ajax or sudsy amonia and tide crystals. You should finish off with the brightener after most every cleaning. I try to clean mine once a month or so and I seem to be able to keep up with it at that rate.

...and it's the best non-skid you can buy.

Capt Anthony hit the nail on the head here! My covering boards, cockpit sole, toe rails, brow boards and most other exterior trim is teak as well as the interior. All vertical non-working surfaces have a deep varnish coating. All working surfaces are bare. Once you have it clean, it's not difficult to maintain. Sudsy ammonia is about $1.69 a half gallon and teak brightener is about $10 a quart. I also clean mine about once a month. It takes about 45 minutes to do the cockpit and covering boards. For me, the 45 minutes each month is worth it. I know this goes against the "all white" look of most boats today......but give me teak any day!