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Stretch
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Initially Posted - 07/15/2002 :  14:14:25  Show Profile
We spilled teak oil on our deck. Any great ideas for removing the teak oil stain?
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Douglas
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Response Posted - 07/15/2002 :  19:33:54  Show Profile  Visit Douglas's Homepage
Oxalic acid. Comes in a powder form. Make a paste and apply to the area. Very strong wear gloves and eye protection. Rinse away with water dry buff and re wax.

Doug&Ruth
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Tacoma Wa.
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Stretch
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Response Posted - 07/17/2002 :  14:20:57  Show Profile
Thank you,Doug and Ruth! (I think this is why God made men!)I made a copy of your response and am going to give it to my husband!

Thanks again!

Stretch
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Brooke Willson
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Response Posted - 07/20/2002 :  11:05:52  Show Profile
Good and cheap old Joy dish detergent does a pretty good job of cleaning the topsides, including removing teak oil stains. When I bought "Even Chance" four years ago, I was impressed with how good her topsides looked for a thirteen year old boat. I asked the PO what he used to clean the boat, thinking he would name some exotic and expensive formula only available from West Marine. He grinned and said, "Joy detergent."

I reoiled the teak yesterday. A woman on another boat at the marina asked me what I was using. I told her teak oil. She then went on an extended dissertation about how much she liked Cetol: she puts two coats on every spring, and two coats in the fall, and has used it for ten years.

I wipe the oil on, not very carefully, and then wash the boat down with Joy and water. The teak and fiberglass look great. Four coats a year? I don't think so: I'd rather sail.

Brooke
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Dave Bristle
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Response Posted - 07/20/2002 :  21:19:30  Show Profile
Four coats of Cetol a year? Where do you live--Equador? She must have quite a finish on that teak!

Dave Bristle - 1985 C-25 #5032 SR-FK-Dinette "Passage" in SW CT
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Douglas
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Response Posted - 07/20/2002 :  21:54:19  Show Profile  Visit Douglas's Homepage
I wonder is some of the left over coffee from the other post would stain the teak ???

Doug&Ruth
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Tacoma Wa.
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Brooke Willson
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Response Posted - 07/21/2002 :  20:17:07  Show Profile
The four coats of Cetol per year boat is in Urbanna, Virginia.

Come to think of it, the teak trim does stick out six or seven inches above the fiberglass . . .

Brooke
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