Teak oil

[steplift20]

Is there a diferance between reg stain and teak oil

[phatdaddy]

do u mean regular furniture stain like minwax? most of that is a polyeurathane(sp?) based and will not stand up a water environment. just about any oil will work on teak, i used to know people who treated theirs with automatic trans fluid. i like the sikkens by cetol, holds up well in the fl sun and only needs reapplying every 5-6 years.

[inaforty]

Yes there is a difference between stain and oil.

We use teak oil on the swim platform of the Bertram.
We use Epiphanes on the Bertram's flybridge treads and teak around the bulkhead. Epiphanes that we use is varnish.

I believe stain is usually used to color wood to a desired tint and then it sealed with polyurethane or varnish.

The teak oil is used after the teak surface has been cleaned and prepped.
Most companies have a three part system for teak oil etc.

We use Starbrite's teak treatment on the swim platform.

http://www.defender.com/product3.jsp...03300&id=13590

[steplift20]

Yep I was inferring to mini wax I wasn't sure but I will use teak oil on my cabin door, but you said you heard of people using trans fluid, did you ever here how it comes out or looks, that's interesting, if I use that I would save a lot of money cause I have a lot of trans fluid here.

[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.