[Public-list] More Cockpit Coamings

[Andrew M Shaw]

Peter,

You can make a putty out of oil, rosin, and beeswax that willl be
compatible with an oil finish, it's an old wood boat trick.

Andy
#477
St. Mary's River, MD


On Mon, 19 Dec 2005 04:23:19 -0800 (PST) Peter Staehling
<staehpj1 at yahoo.com> writes:
> Speaking of cockpit coamings...
> 
> I have some splitting/cracking in the aft ends of my
> cockpit coamings.  It appears to be fairly minor, but
> in the process of refinishing all of the teak I would
> like to repair it as much as possible.
> 
> I am leaning toward an oil finish for all of the
> external teak.  I have never gone that route before so
> I have some concerns.  If I were using varnish,
> Armada, or Cetol I would fill the cracks with epoxy
> thickened with wood flour, but I am not sure how well
> that would work if I am going with an oil finish.
> 
> My concern is that the oil will not protect the epoxy
> and the sun will break it down.
> 
> I am also wondering how bad it will look since the
> epoxy/wood flour will not soak up any oil.  I think
> that if I use the right color wood flour that will be
> a non issue.
> 
> Has anyone taken this approach?  Did it work out OK?
> 
> What other method would you suggest?
> 
> Pete #554
> 
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