Teak oil

[bradford]

I'm thinking the teak oil smells better.

[phatdaddy]

i tried tranny oil, bradford's right, it smells bad and gives the teak a dark red "cherry cola" kinda tint. i would not advise it. i have also heard of using tung oil. never have tried it. the thing about just using oil is it will lubricate the wood, but is constantly drying out unless you seal it. if you just apply oil, it will need retouching pretty quick. like inaforty said, for teak that is constantly getting wet (swim platform) oil is the ticket, but for trim & doors oil and sealant will hold up. i have just found the cetol easier to apply and last longer than others.

[steplift20]

Cetol? It's for the cabin door, it's not big. I will try that oil. Do you get it at a marine store or Home Depot has it.

[phatdaddy]

http://www.westmarine.com/buy/sikken...04_128_002_501

this is a link to it, probably find it cheaper somewhere else. you need to get a qt of the finish you want and a qt of the overcoat. i use the gloss. it seems "harder" and holds up better. usually sometime in the spring WM will run a sale with it half price.

not trying to talk you out of varnish, might want to get up with inaforty and see what is involved. the one time i used it, it needed to be redone in a year.

[Striper80]

The teak on my Grady was pretty far gone. I tried oiling it but it didn't help. I wound up sanding it down and using oil from Home Depot, I got about a drain out of it. The next year I oiled it and put 3 coats of helmsman on it.

[Kracker Jack]

Teak oil will actually dry to an extent. Other petroleum based oil such as tranns and things like would get tacky i would think and attract dirt and crap? We pressure wash our teak just enough tip pressure to not "Fur" the wood then let dry then apply oil. We will apply oil 4 or 5 times a year and the teak stays beautiful.

[inaforty]

I do a maintenance coat of Epiphanes once a year. Rub the teak down with fine steel wool and then a tack rag and add another coat of Epiphanes.

The think the Sikken's will last longer. I believe the Sikken's goes on thinner and requires more coats.

After the first cleaning etc the swim platform needs to oil down about 4 times during the summer. Luckily Karen has taken that task. I get to supervise with a ....

I do the maintenance coat during the winter months. Gives me something to do besides sit in front of the woodstove dreaming of warmer weather.

[SkunkBoat]

I have flipped flopped between teak oil and varnish. Based on how things weathered, I settled on varnishing the door & dash trim and oiling the hatch rails on the bow and the teak inside the cabin. I got rid of all the teak where fish guts go....

Varnish on door & dash holds up for years but did not hold up out on the bow. Sanding and revarnishing is a pain so I powerwash & oil the slider rails every year. Inside the cuddy, oil lasts years.

don't use trans fluid. That's just stupid...