The Definitive Answer For Teak/IrokoTreatments!

[Zagato]

Pretty sure I am going to use International Woodskin again, my Coaster will be stored under a cover in the yard and launched when needed so it should last a long time...

 

[claymore]

Surprised no-one has mentioned Danish oil - easy to apply and looks very good. As with all treatments, the key is regular maintenance

 

[Poignard]

Le Tonkinois gives good results and it's easy to apply and maintain.

 

[JumbleDuck]

Le Tonkinois gives good results and it's easy to apply and maintain.

Oh, I might try that. I bought a tin from the nice elderly man who flogs it at boat jumbles. "Smell that. Remember how your grandad's workshop used to smell?"

 

[AntarcticPilot]

I wish I knew what they use on the sampans used for harbour tours in Aberdeen Harbour and elsewhere in Hong Kong. It is tough, takes foot traffic, has a rich deep shine, and from the looks of the occasional cracks where the wood has shrunk. lasts for years. Unfortunately I haven't the faintest idea what it is, even though my Cantonese speaking wife tried to ask!

 

[grumpygit]

Don't use ay oils or potions that claim to saturate the wood. All they do is attract dirt or evaporate.

Three choices. Leave bare. Apply many coats of varnish after thorough cleaning and be prepared to touch up regularly as film breaks down. Use a proud woodstain like International Woodskin and accept the less shiny finish in return for several years between recoating.

+1 I'm all for au naturale but if you must, go for Woodskin

 

[Poignard]

Oh, I might try that. I bought a tin from the nice elderly man who flogs it at boat jumbles. "Smell that. Remember how your grandad's workshop used to smell?"

Yes especially when he became incontinent

 

[Seven Spades]

I bought some funny old stuff recommended here last year. I can't remember what it was called but it is some kind of dry rot or wet rot treatment. Essentially it kills anything growing on it for a whole season so you get nothing green at all, you just paint it on leave a week and the deck looks like new. Apparently HR recommend it to their customers. The "good" stuff is not for retail sale anymore but the manufacturer told me that the banned stuff whilst better at something it is not something we are afflicted by on a boat and that the stuff we can buy does everything we are looking for. Not only that there seems to be a consensus here, sorry I can't remember its name. It was about £60.00 for 5l and the chap sells 1 a day to yachtsmen except when someone writes about it on a forum!

 

[Stork_III]

I bought some funny old stuff recommended here last year. I can't remember what it was called but it is some kind of dry rot or wet rot treatment. Essentially it kills anything growing on it for a whole season so you get nothing green at all, you just paint it on leave a week and the deck looks like new. Apparently HR recommend it to their customers. The "good" stuff is not for retail sale anymore but the manufacturer told me that the banned stuff whilst better at something it is not something we are afflicted by on a boat and that the stuff we can buy does everything we are looking for. Not only that there seems to be a consensus here, sorry I can't remember its name. It was about £60.00 for 5l and the chap sells 1 a day to yachtsmen except when someone writes about it on a forum!

Boracol. But Patio Magic will do the same job at £18/5litres.

 

[Seven Spades]

that's the stuff I knew someone would remember.