Restoring teak

**25thmustang** · 09-18-2012, 09:19 AM

Not a Sea Ray, but my process.

Before:

Right into it with the sander:

Sanded:

Acetone wiped:

Coated with Smiths CPES. Similar to West Epoxy:

Begin varnish:

Checking how smooth it is with the lighting:

Back together:

All the exterior teak was done this way with a good 8-10 coats of varnish. So far one season it still looks the same. The flybridge steps have not had issues with being slick, knock on wood.

**nightdagger** · 09-18-2012, 05:48 PM

Wow, just awesome. Tomorrow is going to be an exciting day. Your steps look amazing, just beautiful. Nice work

**nightdagger** · 09-18-2012, 06:54 PM

Am getting supplies tomorrow but can not find west system around here. Is it in Canadian stores? If not what is in Ontario, Canada that is equivalent?

Thanks

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**25thmustang** · 09-19-2012, 07:53 AM

West System should be at any good sized boat store. It can be ordered but that may take time.

**moparlvr4406** · 09-19-2012, 08:15 AM

I used Watco teak oil and a bit of elbow grease and this was the result...I'm not into the shiny look

**nightdagger** · 09-19-2012, 10:55 PM

Lol now my wife is on the fence. I have to spend all the time to strip ALOT of teak, put the varnish on one and just oil the other so she can see them both and then restrip the one she don't want...... Sucks but what else do I have to do lol.

I got 90% of the teak off the boat today and man s there a lot. I have now built myself a woodshop in our basement, figure if I am going to do this inside I want a shop lol. Going to also do my dads boat this winter.

I was at all my local boat shop and all they have is this http://www.jamestowndistributors.com...ct.do?pid=1687
Can I use it and get the same results? I have the acetone for cleaning, foam brushes, a ton of sandpaper, tung oil but am stumped on this product.

I have also noticed that I have 2 pieces of teak with a few cracks and 1 that has a splinter of wood missing. How can I fix this? I have always either bought filled or used the sawdust and carpenters glue to fill it nice. What method is used with teak to achieve the best look?

Love the pictures, I will be working on mine in next few days and will post updated pictures of before, stripped & cleaned.

Oh yeah my swim platform seems to be coming apart, only in 1 soot where my ladder is fastened to. How do I reinforce this? I will post pictures of it tomorrow if needed.

Thanks

Steve :-)

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