Stripping paint from teak

[Pisces]

I have to strip some paint from the teak on my boat - is it ok to use paint stripper- I can scapeit of by hand but it is slow and difficult.

Is there a particularly good typw on any pitfall I must avoid?

Thanks

 

[LittleShip]

Short answer YES.
However teak is an oily wood and once you have sanded, it will need to have the oil removed before covering again., white spirit will remove it.
You havent said what you are going to do (paint or varnish) so on the assumption that you are going to varnish this time have a look at this site,

http://www.woodsealer.co.uk/index.html

I have lots of brightwork on my boat and have used traditional yacht varnish in certain areas and Burgess in others. I wont be using varnish again.

PM me if you would like some more info

All the best
Tom

 

[tcm]

yep, fine to use paint stripper, teak is pretty bomb solid againt chemicals and i should know - there hardly a day goes pat with inadvetently spilling summink or other on ours. Some use a warm air gun and that's less messy - or messy in a different way. Need loads of the plastic gloves ifusing the nasty chemicals. Use the reader-2 reader forum for more advice on this re which products - people hereabouts have only recently discovered that you can use water to wash the boat, and haven't got round to the idea of painting things...

 

[Mirelle]

No pitfalls

apart from the obvious one - scrape with the grain!

My entire boat is made of the stuff, as was her predecessor, so I have removed a bit of paint from teak over the past three and a half decades.

Methods:

1. Blowlamp and scraper

2. Hot air gun and scraper

3. Nitromors and scraper

4. Dry scraper

5. Sandpaper

all work well. Blowlamp best for topsides.

The best scraper you can buy is the Sandvik one, with a tungsten carbide blade.

If using Nitromors, cover the bit you have just wetted with aluminium cooking foil - it stops it evaporating - and always be sure to wash the surface clean before painting.

 

[Pisces]

Re: No pitfalls

Thanks for the help!

I have just got my first big(ish) boat. It came of the water this week and I keep finding things I an not sure of - I am sure that there will be a few more questions yet!