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

[Michael Connolly]

Bravo!

>     On 02/15/2022 2:39 PM Mike Meinhold <meinhold272 at gmail.com> wrote:
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> 
>     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
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> 
>     On Tue, Feb 15, 2022 at 14:17 Michael Connolly via Public-List <public-list at lists.alberg30.org mailto:public-list at lists.alberg30.org > wrote:
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>         > > 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 mailto: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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