oil or varnish down below ?

[bigboatie]

The teak in my cabin has faded badly caused by the previous owner leaving the boat in a marina in one position. I now intend to give all the woodwork a light sand and am not sure what to use, satin varnish or use teak oil.
I believe the existing finish may be oil as it felt sticky during the hot weather.
What do people prefer ?
Matt

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[johnwest]

On our previous yacht we sanded right back to bear wood and applied about four
coats of Deks Ojle ( is that how its spelt ? ) no 2. The teak work below looked
superb. Easy to apply without the problem of leaving brush marks. We didn't notice any stickiness at higher temperatures.

john

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[Becky]

I bought my boat ( second-hand) in the Spring, and have to re-do the teak woodwork down below. Some of it had been oiled in the past, and there are lots of little screw holes to fill. But I have already re-varnished some of it, rubbing down carefully, too much will go through the veneer, and using silk finish quick-drying varnish has proved very good. I have now the job of doing all the rest this winter. Where there is suspicion of oil on the woodwork, a good wash-down with white spirit seems to clean things up well. Best of luck, it is amost as bad as decorating at home, but more fiddly.

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[philip_stevens]

I prefer satin yacht varnish. I did our last boat in satin varnish down below, as well as the floor boards. Even when wet, they did not allow you to slip a lot.

We have the same problem with our recent purchase, in that the bulkheads were finished in some sort of two part laquer, that has not been looked after for years. I am in the process of stripping it all off with a Sandvik scraper, and will sand it down before applying very thinned down satin varnish and then normal strength satin varnish.

It looked good on the last boat, and I am hoping it will look as good on this one with satin varnish. I am not into oiling woodwork below decks.

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Philip

 

[jon]

My favourite varnish that I have been using professionally now for 12 years or so is Epiphanes Rubbed Effect Interior Varnish over their one component Woodfinish Gloss or two component PP Varnish Extra (excellent but more expensive)
See their Systems and Advice Booklet from Marineware Ltd Tel 01703 330208

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[Maurice55]

I'm a carpenter and although I haven't years and years of experience with boats, I have with wood and there is no way I will use any varnish in the boat I am re-building now. We've had a solid pine kitchen table which got a wipe with a little washing up water after every meals for years and the only treatment it ever got was two coats of Auro oil (lin seed and some escencial oils) and it still looks beautyfull. I don't think any varnish can beat that.
Cheers.
Maurice.

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[sailorman]

if u use oil be very carefull with any used rags/rubbers as it can spontainiuosly ignite. dip the rags in water & lay flat to dry prior to disposal.
Offshore Yachts ( Halcyon 23 / 27 Trintella 29 /35) burnt down in early 70s due to this.

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[paintercolin]

If you use satin varnish, use standard gloss for build layers. Satin varnishes are slightly cloudy. If you build up a lot of coats with it you lose the sharpness of the grain. You only need the satin as last layer. I paint professionally. If you are going to bother of doing it, I would sugget 2 pack priming then a coat of 1 pack satin. It will last longer for pretty much the same effort in time - although it is more expensive. Dex Olje ,or whatever its called and International's Dex1+2 are varnishes with high oil contents - these will both br fine. Just don't use pure oil eg teak oil. You will have problems with this on table tops if you over apply. (thin the oil with white spirit to avoid risk of over application.) Some people like these Jennybrush foam "brushes" for varnishing. Never any risk of loose hairs, cheap to buy and you don't have to clean then. Come in all sizes from tiny to pretty large. Remember to ventilate very well during application and overnight a) you can suffocate b) the varnish will not cure fully - your dead body will stick to it causing yet more problems for next of kin!


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