[C38] Teak

[tdtron at earthlink.net]

As I have already confessed paint is my knowledge weakness but we had great results of using Sikens in our head and it always looked great.  Every two or three years we had to paint it again but even that was easy because the new coat went right on over the old coats with little or no prep.

Since Sikens "breathes," it has no problem with adhesion or compatibility with the teak oil either.

West Marine sells their own brand of a similar product.  I forgot the West name but I believe it is EXACTLY the same product as the Sikens brand but cheaper.  I expect Sikens makes the product for the West Marine label.

Sikens comes in different levels of gloss but we found the original high gloss is easier to keep clean in a shower because it wipes clean with a wet cloth leaving a great finish.  We used Sikens on our exterior teak also but you have to be careful because of its penetrating qualities it will try to creep under painters tape leaving marks.  We found it was actually easier to remove our teak handrails to coat them than to try to do it with them still attached to the boat.

Again, one of the best advantages of Sikens is the easy overcoat ability with almost no prepping required.

Tom Troncalli


----- Original Message ----- 
From: Steve Smolinske 
To: Catalina 38 Listserve
Sent: 12/3/2011 9:35:49 PM 
Subject: Re: [C38] Teak


Larry I varnished the inside and if I bad it to do over I would oil  easier to do maintenance also team at corner joints will crack and look ugly grrr proper way to repair dings is to sand and revarnish lots of work.  On the upside once varnished it will always look freshly oiled. 

Steve Smolinske


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On Dec 3, 2011, at 3:49 PM, "S Orton" <ssorton at hotmail.com> wrote:


Larry,  Forget the varnish, etc and apply cheap lemon oil furniture polish from Wal-mart!  Apply once a year and your done.
Cheers, Steve
 



Date: Fri, 2 Dec 2011 18:06:33 -0800
From: jlaunie at cox.net
To: listserve at catalina38.org
Subject: Re: [C38] Teak

Larry,
    Must not fool with mother nature. Teak is an oily wood.  The perfectly wrong thing to do is seal the outside with varnish or polywhatever.  That prevents the wood from acting naturally and will be attacked from the inside from the teal oil and outside from the sun or other light. I had a number of drinks at Marina del Rey with an expert teak varnisher. 
He explained all this and told me that people paid him to ruin their teak with varnish,

    So - remove any varnish that is there - clean the teak and OIL it.  This will permit the natural teak oil to do its thing and replenish it. We have oiled the teak on Macavity for 20 years - inside and out. Joe
On 12/2/2011 3:29 PM, Larry Malmberg wrote: 
I think I want to strip my teak in the head and coat it with either varnish
or polyurethane.  Any suggestions on how to get all the teak oil out of the
wood and which would be best, varnish or poly?





Best regards,

Larry Malmberg
Team Hassle


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