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Jmurfy
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Initially Posted - 03/31/2007 : 16:51:57

Is it better to condition wood with teak oil or should I varnish all the teak including the hatchboards?

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At Ease
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Response Posted - 03/31/2007 : 16:58:39

Depends if you are talking about interior or exterior wood. I use Cetol on all exterior teak. Follow the directions and it will last at least two years, more, depending on where you are in the country and if your boat is in a wet slip or trailered.

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Champipple
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Response Posted - 03/31/2007 : 17:57:29

It really depends on your preference.

Our group really runs the spectrum of leaving it New England Gray all the way to 40 coats of epoxy and a paid servant dusting it off with a fine chamois.

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Dave Bristle
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Response Posted - 03/31/2007 : 18:04:02

Duane's kidding about the epoxy--whatever you do, NEVER use that!

Search on "teak"--you'll see many discussions with many opinions, including mine, which I won't annoy people with here.

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BLEE
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Response Posted - 03/31/2007 : 18:51:03

I have coated my interior and exterior with CETOL and really like the rich look it provies.

But agree that it is all up to personal taste!!

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Bob

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ClamBeach
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Response Posted - 03/31/2007 : 20:12:52

Cetol here.

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djn
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Response Posted - 03/31/2007 : 20:38:13

I used tung oil AND, the French main in the little black and white unifoum. Now that I think about it, I did not look at the boat's wood that much. Cheers. (sorry guys, I couldn't resist)

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Champipple
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Response Posted - 03/31/2007 : 20:43:52

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by djn
 I used tung oil AND, the French main in the little black and white unifoum. Now that I think about it, I did not look at the boat's wood that much. Cheers. (sorry guys, I couldn't resist)

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you put your sails in uniforms - most guys just use sail ties and sail bags.

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OLarryR
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Response Posted - 03/31/2007 : 23:07:34

I used Sikkens Cetol Light on the exterior teak and Howard's Restore-A-Finish and Feed & Wax on the interior teak. Also Poliglow on the exterior hull.

The products they have these days compared to over 20 years ago are vast improvements unless you have access to your boat at your house and have the time to apply oil to the exterior teak and wax to the hull. Typically, when I used to do that years ago, those finishes would last perhaps half a season and then it was either treat it in mid-season (ie. Beginning of August) or wind up taking it down to parade rest/bleaching the teak and reapplying wax to the hull.

But after the initial 3 coats I put on the exterior teak with Cetol, I follow the directions and all I do after 6 months (basically a full season) is wash the teak with soap and water and then after a day or so, just apply one coat of Cetol. I have been doing that and the work is minimal. As far as the hull, I am right now reapplying the Poliglow and I only had to remove the dark streaks where the rain runs off near the stanchions and then washed the boat and reapplied two coats of Poliglow.

As far as the Howard products used on the interior teak, well I think there are other similar products to the Howard products but it works fine. The interior is not necessarily a thing I am going to do every year. The finish seems to hold up pretty good not being exposed to the weather elements.

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Buck
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Response Posted - 04/01/2007 : 00:05:20

I use mixture of teak oil,pine tar, spar varnish
3 parts teak oil, one part pine tar, one part varnish
this gives the teak oiled look and seals it at the same
time and I only have to do it at the begining of season
and it dont flake like varnish does
Buck 78 cat (The Other Women)

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tinob
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Response Posted - 04/01/2007 : 12:26:11

Mark, I leave my external teak un-treated but I'd like to see a picture of what your teak looks like. I'm especially interested in the effect that pine tar has on wood.

Val on the hard DAGNABIT #3936, Patchogue, N.Y.

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bear_tm4
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Response Posted - 04/01/2007 : 21:45:09

I am using TeakGuard, first time with it...so far so good, it claims to protect the teaks natural oils...so on so forth....so I am trying it out...its no more expensive than all the rest, and its supposed to last a year....Oh one last thing that caught my eye, it doesnt stain your fiberglass. so I like that idea...
cheers

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Steve Siefken
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Response Posted - 04/02/2007 : 22:38:39

I used teak oil on the exterior wood for the first year I had the boat. To be honest, I only put on a couple coats through that boating season, but I think it should have been applied more frequently. (I live in Seattle... lost of rain...) I liked how it looked, but it wore off quickly.

Last year about this time I used Cetol Light per the instructions. Looks great so far. I will likely lightly sand and put on one coat this year.

On the inside, I use teak oil, about 2-3 times year. I really like that!

Thanks,

Edited by - Steve Siefken on 04/02/2007 22:40:58

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