Old teak look vs new teak look

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I'm sure this has been done countless times before , but anyway....

The teak on my new boat has silvered down and looks weathered. I happen to prefer the new teak look, ie golden.

With the old boat I treated the teak to retain its colour, however I am not sure I can be bothered with all the sodding around.

Do any of you bother with the whole process on a yearly basis, or did you give up after a while?
 
Oily decks

I tried Teak oil on my decks for the first year - something theraputic about oiling the wood, imagining the gloop soaking in to protect the timber. Reality was that it is expensive muck - lasted a matter of weeks then just attracts dirt and goes black and urghy. You then want to scrub to get rid of the dirt which is just about the worst thing to do to a Teak deck.
Silvery dried out teak decks do not look great but the nicest looking decks and the easiest to arrange are to ensure that they get salt water on them regulalry so that they are more white (due to salt crystal) than silver.Treat with a pressie of some Mould killer once a year and thats all they need. My deck is now 14 years young and as nice to bask on as the day it was laid.
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Thread here on Scuttlebutt
http://www.ybw.com/forums/showthread.php?t=338145
Teak goes grey and bronze goes green, I think that's the way it's supposed to be!
The only thing I put on teak is Brintons Patio Magic or Deck and Fence Magic. Just do it once a year, your teak will stay green free. It will be silver when dry and reddish when wet.
There is someone on that link who is having success with Deks Olje.
 
I did not contribute to the last thread but it got me thinking. Over the years I have tried most things on my handrails and cappings. This is the normal mode:

*The silver look is great as long as it is clean but, after a while, I tend to imagine that the stuff near the bow is wearing a little and getting soft, due to its damp situation.
*At this point I give it a scrub and sand with cleaner till it reaches that nice golden colour. I then give it a couple of coats of the Cetol stuff.
* This lasts a long time with a touch up, and a coat or two each year.
* After a few years the water based stain tend to break up more, the added coats prevent proper moisture wicking and it can start to lift.
* I decide to take it all off with Nitromors but do the easy bits and lose motivation, I sand the tops off and leave the hidden sides for a season. I use Danish oil on the bits that can be seen.
* The next winter the difficult parts have loosened further and I tackle it again and get the whole lot back to clean, bright teak.
* By this stage I think silver teak is best and leave it for a while......after a bit it is back to stage 1 above.

The whole cycle lasts about six or seven years.

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I don't have teak decks which I feel are best left white, with a touch of polished teak as a counterpoint. Pleiades has given us a superb example, above.
 
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My new teak decking panels had some stuff on them from new. For the past year it looks like someone has urinated in the cockpit everytime it rains or I wash the boat .... and thats not a good thing!
 
http://www.wessexchemicalfactors.co.uk/

NEVER USE THIS TYPE OF CHEMICAL IF YOU HAVE A COLOURED HULL

Any run off takes the polish out of the hull and considerable effort is needed to restore. I had this problem and was informed by Wessex that this product was originally made to treat faded white hulls. The problem on coloured hulls is made worse if used in direct sunlight
 
Oscarpop said:
I'm sure this has been done countless times before , but anyway....

The teak on my new boat has silvered down and looks weathered. I happen to prefer the new teak look, ie golden.

With the old boat I treated the teak to retain its colour, however I am not sure I can be bothered with all the sodding around.

Do any of you bother with the whole process on a yearly basis, or did you give up after a while?
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Take a look at TEAK WONDER

The Teak Wonder system has 3 parts: a red liquid which cleans the wood, a green liquid which brightens it and a sealant which prevents it discolouring again.
 
I've used Teak wonder in the US and in the UK ,needs doing about once a year ,but not too difficult as it goes on like water.The pain is cleaning at the start but putting on and renewing quite quick .Has a slight waxy feel on the wood,but teak is still as non slip when wet as usuall.
Cindy
 
I use Boracol 10, a strong biocide and fungicide which doesn't treat the wood but simply stops anything growing in it or on it........... but not cheap!

A poster on another forum back in April reckons these people http://www.acslimited.co.uk/wood-protection_2.htm supplied him with 5 litres for £53 including p&p which is less than I paid over a year ago. 5 litres will do a 36ft deck three times, it has the viscosity of water so goes on easily with a paint brush. Just done my deck (including cockpit/bathing platform)for the winter and it took about two hours in total.

Also recommended by Hallberg Rassy.

Boracol 10 is only supposed to be for professional use but the supplier was happy when I said the boatyard was applying it. Not especially hazardous to apply, eye protection and disposable gloves will suffice.

Paul.
 
Sheff said:
I use Boracol 10, a strong biocide and fungicide which doesn't treat the wood but simply stops anything growing in it or on it........... but not cheap!

A poster on another forum back in April reckons these people http://www.acslimited.co.uk/wood-protection_2.htm supplied him with 5 litres for £53 including p&p which is less than I paid over a year ago. 5 litres will do a 36ft deck three times, it has the viscosity of water so goes on easily with a paint brush. Just done my deck (including cockpit/bathing platform)for the winter and it took about two hours in total.

Also recommended by Hallberg Rassy.
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I don't know what the treatment is, but this Hallberg Rassy is treated by her owner and I have to say for a 2004 boat she looks really really good for it.

I used to let the teak in my Moody cockpit go silver, but last year changed to synthetic teak so am now cheating, and it looks really good ;)
 
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