Teak oil or varnish

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Hi, I have recently removed some grabrails, took the old peeling varnish off. The rails appear to be Teak, is that why the varnish has peeled off, due to the natural oil ?. I would like to teak oil them up for ease of maintainence, this gets me to thinking, could I teak oil all my wood up, instead of varnishing it ?, or would it make mastics detach or cause other problems ?.Its only bits & bobs the hull is plastic you see. Your experiences would be appreciated.
 
Have heard good reports on Sikkens Cetol Marine Wood Oil Varnish. I think it's basically a combination of the two and lasts extremely well. If you go down the route of just oil, you'll be forever going over it to keep it looking good.
 
Agree wholeheartedly with Twisterkai about the disadvantage of oil. I`ve given up on it after several years using it and tried Epifanes varnish last year. I`m very please with its appearance and durability (especially since it was applied in poor conditions and only two coats were put on). There`s been a lot of discussion about this topic on the Twister Class Association website and the latest recommendation someone has posted is for Le Tonkinois, which seems to be somewhere between an oil and a varnish. I might try that when the Epifanes tin is empty.

One thing about the litres of oil I have applied, it has soaked into all the cracks and joints so, although it didn`t look good for long, it must be helping to preserve the woodwork!
 
Thanks Twisterowner, this is one of the many quandries I am mulling over. I like the way that oil soaks in but it didn't seem to make sense that you could apply varnish over oil, so I assumed it would be one or the other. However a product that is a combination of the two may be just the ticket. It is just a question then of, will mastic stick to it.
 
I didn`t apply varnish over undried oil. It had weathered and was sanded down before the varnish went on, but any that has soaked into the end grain via cracks and joints must be a good thing. As regards mastics - aren`t they oil based? In which case there shouldn`t be a problem.
 
oilings not a problem providing you stop the air getting at it!

Teaks a pain but oil it let it dry overnight (providing its not a hot summer one) then wipe with cloth and varnish with a 50%/50% thiners then give it two more coats the next day and then 70%/30% thiners the day after. Looks wonderful and keeps well.

This year i saw someone "oil" their deck with a product and it looked really good! that was May in september it still looked great!! but most "oil" products are just a comprimise and dont look good, at least with varnish you cant go wrong!
 
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