What does sun-bleached sapele look like?

[prv]

In moving some instruments about, I'm going to need to mount the ones above the hatch on a board, because they won't fit the existing holes in the hatch-garage console face. The cockpit currently has various pieces of old, untreated teak - the seat tops, the top of the binnacle, some trim on the top of the coaming, etc. I don't need a perfect colour match, but I'd like the new wood not to look glaringly out of keeping with the rest (well, it will to begin with, I mean after it has faded).

I have a stock of sapele in the shed that I used for interior work on KS. That was always varnished or oiled, though, and in any case was out of the sun. So it always stayed a rich, dark brown, of course nothing like cockpit teak. Can anyone enlighten me as to what it looks like when untreated and mounted on deck? Does it end up anywhere close to the colour of teak?

Cheers,

Pete

 

[Rossynant]

Afraid it will look rotten... better treat it with something; otherwise most woods will go gray like teak. Can't say for sapele (for me it's not mahogany) but mahogany untreated looks similar to teak, maybe bit darker.
Take a bit of it out, you will see.

Found a pic: http://www.nichetimbers.co.uk/african-hardwood/sapele/

 

[alahol2]

Give it several good coats of varnish, that will guarantee it goes grey within the year.

 

[tolhurstorganic]

It will look very similar to teak once it goes grey but not for long as it has no durabilty at all and will rot rapidly, don't use it.

 

[prv]

it has no durabilty at all and will rot rapidly, don't use it.

Thanks - always worth asking these things

I'll stick to using it below decks, and find a small piece of teak for the instrument console.

Pete