Rejuvenating Teak?

[Richard_Peevor]

This forum is great.. after trying to think for ages about solutions for VHF problems and clamps/fastners for engine cover for what seems like months - I've had answers within hours!!

I wonder if I could trouble the experts once more.. My boat is quite old and the teak? slats on the cockpit seats and grabrails on the coachroof have gone the lovely shade of grey.. I tried the teak oil but this didnt restore any colour. Is sanding the best option?

Thanks in advance,

Richard

Maybe I'll get my boat looking good for next season thanks to YBW.com. Will be in Portsmouth Harbour next year. - Restless Angel.

 

[Guest]

To bring it back to its previous glory, you will need to go the distance with cleaners and brighteners and some sanding to boot, then either oiling or varnishing....or using Sikkens Cetol as we do here in Florida, at least those of us not obsessed with varnishing all the time.

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[Sybarite]

The Hallberg Rassy agents in France advised me to simply use a paint scraper to take the patina off.

 

[ccscott49]

Light scrubbing, with a small nail brush and scouring powder or teak cleaner, oxalic acid (teak brightener), teak oil, jobs done!

 

[kingfisher]

Salt

Use coarse salt instead of rubbing powder: it getrs in the pores, and prevents algae growth.

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[Bodach na mara]

I used the Starbrite system. Worked like magic, my wife was impressed as this was the first time one of these miracle methods actually did what it says. No doubt other systems will also work.

You start with teak cleaner ( which smells like a weak caustic soda solution with some detergent to me.) This is applied by squirting on, scrubbing and rinsing off. Next comes the teak brightener. which is also squirted on and spread about with the scrubber. Within seconds the rich browny/yellow replaced the gray. This is rinsed off. Time so far for my cockpit grating, about 12minutes. Now the slow bit, let it dry When completely dry apply a teak oil, I used the "tropical" waxy type.

It lasts all season and the second year I missed out the cleaner stage.

For toerails however, I prefer a gloss finish and have used Sikkens Masterstroke stain (the lightest coloul available was deal) followed by their Yacht Varnish. Unfortunately this now seems to be out of production, but they make Cetol which is maybe the replacement. I saw Cetol in use in Victoria B.C. several years ago, but could not get any over here. The local chandlers now stock some of it but not the "Novatech" type that has a higher solids content.

Ken Johnson

 

[Eudorajab]

I have tried most of the posts on here. I have to admit that the Starbrite stuff does the trick for me as well. Lately however I have adopted another approach. That is doing what they did before all this gunge was available. I regularly wash down the teack with salt water (bucket over the side job) using a relatively soft scrubber. I try and do this about once a month (last time was this last weekend) and my teak has never looked better.

 

[Stingo]

Couldn't agree more with Eudorajab and don't use teak oil because it will give your gel-coat a nice dirty grey look which will then require some elbowgrease and rubbing compound which will give your teak a nice white look and so the cycle continues.



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[ccscott49]

Re: Salt

The only teak exposed on my boat is the decks, they get salt water washdown everyday, easy with a deck wash pump, but not in Barcelona harbour!! I use fresh water, with salt sprinkled on deck first and only every other day.

 

[Andrew_Palmer]

My advice is leave it grey! I have tried so many products on my teakwork and at the end of the day it soon looses it's colour again. I try to think of the natural sun bleached colour as silver rather than grey and find it helps!

 

[Guest]

PM me richard, if you like, I may have an answer.
Rob

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[Fergie]

Richard
DON'T use oxalic acid, as some one advised on this thread as it is used to BLEACH wood, wich will only make things worse, but on the other hand it is best product out for taking the stains out of your sails, so there's some more infomation for you.

 

[roger]

PBO recent review found Rustins Teak Oil better than Mrine teak oils tried. I would agree as far as Teak Wonder and Deks Olje are concerned. My experience so far is that Rustins is much better.