Danish Oil??

[Guest]

Hello,

Sorry if I am dragging up an old chestnut, but I seem to recall somebody, (on here I think?) saying that Danish oil does not make Teak go black? Is this the case?

I want to oil my rubbing strake, and not varnish it, I could leave it go to natural silver colour once cleaned up, but to be honest, I am not much enamoured of it.

Cheers, Charlie.

 

[ccscott49]

Varnol, made somewhere in scandanavia, doesnt go black, available from "Black dog stores" or Marinestore.

 

[Guest]

Thanks CC, have been in touch with Marine Store and ordered some up /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif

Thanks for your help, Charlie.

 

[Chrissie]

I used to use it on my Morris Minor, It was a fairly high maintenence product, having to be rubbed down at least every six months or so with steel wool then recoated. It is very good but if water gets in anywhere it still goes black.
Saying that, I shall still consider it on my Contessa woodwork, but where wood is already black, it shows through and continues to spread.

 

[Bajansailor]

I am an advocate of Ceetol, made by Sikkens - you can get it in teak stain, or just natural, and it makes even really tatty looking timber come up pretty well.

And if you do sand the timber down first, and get it to a nice proper colour again, then it looks wonderful with Ceetol - and it lasts infinitely longer than varnish! Even in the tropics, if you build up a few coats of Ceetol it will last a year happily - whereas varnish is starting to 'go' within a couple of months (or less).

I know that there are also various other excellent products like Deks Olje, and various friends swear by this one in particular, but I have not had any experience using it.

 

[m1taylor]

Sounds interesting, but is there a UK supplier?

 

[ningcompoop]

quite a few chandleries stock sikkens ceetol marine (they do domestic as well as marine paints), including some mail-order, just try googling it. The tin recommends using a specific thinner/cleaner, but International thinners no. 1 is a suitable substitute.