[Public-List] What finish to use on teak cockpit seats

[Michael Connolly]

Stephen,
I know how you feel. To me a tree gave up it's life to become lumber, I will always respect that.
Michael
> On 02/15/2022 1:14 PM Stephen Gwyn via Public-List <public-list at lists.alberg30.org> wrote:
> 
>  
> I live in Victoria BC. I have a heavy hand with the teak oil and
> I've had zero problems with losing the non-skid effect. I've also
> had zero problems with mold on the teak cockpit seats. Both the
> teak oil and the teak itself have lots of excitingly poisonous chemicals
> in them. Lots of problems with mold and lichen on the fibreglass decks 
> though.
> 
> I always check out the garbage skip at the marina on the way to the 
> boat. One day
> I found someone was throwing out a deck's worth of teak from some
> Taiwanese built boat from the 1970s. I grabbed it before anybody else
> did. One of the boatyard guys also had his eye on it, but he was living on
> his boat at the time so didn't have any place to store it.
> It required a bit of cleaning and planing and of course none of it was 
> straight,
> and all of it had holes every 18 inches, but gorgeous old growth oily stuff.
> It's been pretty useful over the years. I replaced the inlay on the
> companion way hatch, made doors between the V-berth and the anchor
> locker, a picture frame and a cutting board.
> 
> SG
> 
> 
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