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

[Mike Meinhold]

You should see all the scraps of teak, mahogany and
Ipe I have stored in the basement, shed and attics.  From boats, yard
furniture and decks.

It goes back into boats and furniture over time, thanks to the addition of
epoxy to turn scraps into boards!

Mike
Rinn Duin #272


On Tue, Feb 15, 2022 at 14:17 Michael Connolly via Public-List <
public-list at lists.alberg30.org> wrote:

> 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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