Ten tonnes of teak…..

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I’ve recently found a source of used teak, to be precise the deck planking of the former RMS Windsor. It‘s here: Ocean Liner Reclaimed Burmese Teak Ships Decking . Trinity Marine

You’ll see from the pictures on their website that it’s in a bit of a state and needs cleaning up. It also has bolt holes through the planks every 600mm or so. The underside of the planking where it laid on the steel deck is stained so needs a heavy duty belt sander or planer thicknesser to get back to decent timber. Nonetheless I think it’s worth the effort.

I’ve been after some teak to build a new cockpit table, I didn’t want to use virgin timber, even if it could be sourced, and this reclaimed stock works for me. I‘m not entirely sure it is all teak, I wonder whether some of the boards are other hardwoods, perhaps mahogany, and because of the treatment the planks have had over the years on the deck it is impossible to determine them apart - so it’s a bit of a lottery as to what you might end up with. Nevertheless the result is pleasing for my job:

So, if you’re after some teak this might be an option for you.

Rob

 

[Concerto]

Whilst at the Southampton Boat Show I chatted on the JK Howells stand and they had a large quantity of teak boards that had been retreived from a ship that had sunk in 1913. I saw one of the planks that was about 12ft long by about 2ft wide and 1½ inches thick, but they had other sizes in stock and 2 container loads due to arrive shortly.

 

[Tradewinds]

Whilst at the Southampton Boat Show I chatted on the JK Howells stand and they had a large quantity of teak boards that had been retreived from a ship that had sunk in 1913. I saw one of the planks that was about 12ft long by about 2ft wide and 1½ inches thick, but they had other sizes in stock and 2 container loads due to arrive shortly.

How does being thoroughly immersed and saturated with saltwater affect the teak? I'm not talking about how normal teak performs afterwards when laid as decking for instance - we know that. But as a piece of constructional or decorative timber after the event. Will it take glue, varnish etc etc the same way as 'virgin' teak following this (I presume) prolonged immersion in seawater? Just curious to know from them that knows.

 

[Poignard]

I’ve recently found a source of used teak, to be precise the deck planking of the former RMS Windsor. It‘s here: Ocean Liner Reclaimed Burmese Teak Ships Decking . Trinity Marine

You’ll see from the pictures on their website that it’s in a bit of a state and needs cleaning up. It also has bolt holes through the planks every 600mm or so. The underside of the planking where it laid on the steel deck is stained so needs a heavy duty belt sander or planer thicknesser to get back to decent timber. Nonetheless I think it’s worth the effort.

I’ve been after some teak to build a new cockpit table, I didn’t want to use virgin timber, even if it could be sourced, and this reclaimed stock works for me. I‘m not entirely sure it is all teak, I wonder whether some of the boards are other hardwoods, perhaps mahogany, and because of the treatment the planks have had over the years on the deck it is impossible to determine them apart - so it’s a bit of a lottery as to what you might end up with. Nevertheless the result is pleasing for my job:

So, if you’re after some teak this might be an option for you.

Rob

You've hidden the bolt holes in those pieces very well (I'm assuming they are longer than 600mm)

 

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You've hidden the bolt holes in those pieces very well (I'm assuming they are longer than 600mm)

No bolt holes in those sections, the table is 700mm long. Maybe when I wrote 600mmm I meant 800mm……

 

[Concerto]

How does being thoroughly immersed and saturated with saltwater affect the teak? I'm not talking about how normal teak performs afterwards when laid as decking for instance - we know that. But as a piece of constructional or decorative timber after the event. Will it take glue, varnish etc etc the same way as 'virgin' teak following this (I presume) prolonged immersion in seawater? Just curious to know from them that knows.

From what I saw and some items produced using it, there was no effect on the teak. Just the same as if you had a hull made of teak or left some teak exposed to weather. Remove the surface and the teak looks just like it was recently cut and dried.