Teak

[discovery2]

Having recently purchased a boat with a small amount of exterior teak (rails, coamings, bathing platform, etc) I wondered how other forumites treated teak on their boats - if at all.

Currently the wood is untreated and I believe a scrub with a stiff brush periodically restores the wood to an acceptable condition when suffering from the effects of weather, salt, etc. Is there any merit in applying a protective coating, eg. teak oil?

Any comments would be appreciated.

Thanks
David

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[ccscott49]

If you want it to look pretty, scrub it teak brighten it, them oil it, if you just want it to be teak, scrub it occasionally, then use a bit of oxalic acid (teak brightener) to bring back the colour, if it's only a little bit, it will look nice oiled and will need scrubbing less, which is what I would do.

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[Deep_6]

I scrub my teak grating every winter with oxalic acid - (from the local chemist) and the oil it with Epifanes Teak Oil. comes up great.

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[Moose]

Scrub it with sea water, FREE as well.

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[trays]

I have a little teak on my little 18 footer. When I bought the boat the teak was the usuall untreated grey. I washed and scrubbed (lightly) it witha proprietary wood cleaner that included oxalic acid. Then I treated it with tung oil that I bought in the local hardware store. The teak oil they had for outdoor furniture said on the tin that it was not suitable for use in direct sunglight. The tung oil darkened the teak to a mid brown (like tan shoepolish colour), but it looks good. I did this about two or three months ago and so far it is fine. It is, however, winter down here -reasonable sumlight, but rather cool (about 10 - 14 on aveerage). Bonus was that the tung oil was very easy to apply.


Ray
Tardis

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[discovery2]

Thanks for your advice and comments. Much appreciated.

David

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[mainshiptom]

I use Nu wood which contains oxilic acid and then use oil(extranal) or beeswax(internal)

tom

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[squidge]

Sorry Moose , have to dissagree. Its got to be fresh water as sea water leaves marks on the wood when it drys. Then Teak oil to protect it and bring out the colour.IMHO its well worth the effort as theres nothing like good bright work to improve the appearance of a little ship.
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