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MattL
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Initially Posted - 10/14/2004 : 02:12:21

I have been doing something with teak on boats for the past 30 years. I am far from an expert. The last bunch of those years have been spent trying to find the easiest and cheapest way to go. Originally Marine Varnish was all that I would use, and I made the wood look good. Fresh coats at least once a year, sometimes more often. It's amazing what you will do when your 16 and have tons of time.
I went for a while with the natural look, but didn't really like it.
I tried teak oil for a while longer, but didn't really like the application of that either.
I tried Cetol, I think it works geat for outside uses. Long lasting and fairly easy to apply.
The last thing I tried was recomended by a person with ties to the motor boat industry. He told me that with all the teak they finish they go cheep and easy. He said what the motor boat industry uses was Pam cooking spray. I picked up a couple of bottles at Costco. The ingedients said it was made of canola oil. I know from the wood working I like to do that walnut and olive oils are good finish, especially for food grade applications. So I thought I'd try it. The finish hasn't been on long but it was extreamly easy to apply and looks good so far. I don't know what the summer will hold for it, but a quick application is easy.

Here is the only photo I have of the finish at present. I know it is not the best, it will not hold up as long or as well as a real finish, but for a quick easy job before taking the kids to soccer, karati, baseball, and all the other things in my present life it looks OK to me.

Matt/Brigitte Loeffler
E.C. Rider 5411
Cat 25 86'
FK/SR _/)

Edited by - MattL on 10/14/2004 02:15:53

Lightnup
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Response Posted - 10/14/2004 : 08:56:11

<blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">...but for a quick easy job before taking the kids to soccer, karati, baseball, and all the other things in my present life it looks OK to me.<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></blockquote id="quote"></font id="quote">You take your kids to soccer, etc. on the boat?

How much prep did you do before the PAM, i.e., sand all the teak first, remove old varnish or oil first, etc.?

Did you use PAM inside also or just outside?

Thanks,

Steve

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MattL
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Response Posted - 10/14/2004 : 09:25:56

I wish we could go to all those things on the boat

I did minimum prep, just a light sanding. Some of the old cetol was still there, that stuff is hard to remove. I just sprayed the stuff on a rag, or on the bear wood and rubbed it in. I didn't do the inside because it is still in good condition, main concern there now is work on the head pump.