Teak Finishing

[Mr. T]

Just curious how the various owners of the R-25 Tug have finshed the Teak inside your boat. I'm not sure how you can oil or varnish without staining the carpet/fabric on the wall and ceilings. Are these removable? Any experience you can share would be great. I'm looking into getting one for next year and I'm not sure how much work would be involved.

Thanks, Mike

[thataway]

I am not an owner of a CR 25, but I did note the different state of the interior teak on the boat I sea trialed last year. I had wondered why they left some teak raw and other was finished nicely.

Generally once a boat is varnished inside it does not have to be re-varnished for a number of years (unless there is water intrusion). It seems as if it is much easier to do the varnish before the boat is assembled than after.

Yes, one can mask fabrics, headliners, carpets etc and do a very nice job of varnishing or oiling.

[Old Dog]

Most of the teak inside the R-25 is left unfinished by the factory. Some of it (doors, some trim) can be removed and finished outside the boat. Most of it needs to be done in place. As Bob Austin said, it can be masked and done without too much trouble.

One thing that really works well is to buy a package or two of the paint guards used to protect carpet when painting carpeted rooms. They look like Venetian blinds and can be easily cut with good scissors to whatever length works best. That in combination with masking tape and a bit of care allowed me to oil the inside of mine without staining any carpet. It's a time consuming process to do it right, you need multiple coats. I'm not done yet and probably won't be for quite awhile.

I'm not sure what the factory is using on the inside of the head. They sprayed the outside teak doors with a polyurethane, I believe. It doesn't last. I suspect most of us will simply replace those doors rather than try to maintain them - I will.

[dogon dory]

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[Island Ranger]

We finished the inside teak just with teak oil. Took a couple of hours, but looks great. Since it is inside, should last for a while. The floor is finished from the Factory with eurothane

Mac

[captd]

We had teak rails on the old 45 Chris Craft. They needed to be done every year, course they were out in the weather all year around.. In Florida. After about 5 years of that, a fellow boater put us on to "Honey Teak", The two part kind. It was the last time we had to do the rails. Very expensive but well worth it. Where a person would get it? ... I don't know....We use to get it in a commercial area in Melbourne, Florida. No signs or advertisments. They took it out of bulk containers and put it in unmarked cans then slipped it in a brown paper bag. kidding about the bag. But the rest is true. The best stuff I have ever seen. Last forever. Has to be an apoxy.
CaptD

[Captains Cat]

Is this the HONEY TEAK you refer to? If so, it's still available. Looks pretty good.

Charlie

[captd]

Charlie,
That sure looks like it. When we started using the product it must have been new on the market. You could only buy it in this warehouse and it came with no name on it, Everyone just called it honey teak. All the testimonials nail the product. It is that good.
Thanks for finding that web site . We are going to order some and finish the teak once and for all. Right now the teak is collecting marks and rings from glasses etc. When we picked up the boat, the teak in the cockpit had already lost its finish.
Darrel (CaptD)

[jlgray]

Using a recommendation from a furniture refinisher, we used this product with great success. No brush, no masking and wipes on with a clean pad and small areas are done with a q-tip. Sand lightly after 2 hours with extra fine and do it again. I put on four coats over two days and am very pleased with the result.

[captd]

John,
What product did you use?
The outdoor teak looked terrible on the Mrs Dee when we took delivery. I just finished using the Honey Teak. (Two Part) I put about 5 coats on honey and three coats of clear. Both of these are mixed with hardner. Best finish we have ever used. We used in on mohogany years ago. Lasts at leased 5 years in the hot sun and rain of Florida. Sold the boat after the 5 years so I don't know if it lasted beyond that. Very expensive, but well worth it.
captd

[dotnmarty]

This is only tangentially related but this topic brought back some memories. We would line up across the teak deck with our long swab handle stuck in our "holystone." The boatswain mate would wet down the deck and we would swing our holystones (and our rear ends) in unison like the Rockettes to the bos'ns chant of "one, two , three, four, move it on down."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holystone
When you want to know about polishing brass I'll be glad to tell you about the plaque on the saluting gun!

[jlgray]

We used the Minwax product called polywipe. Apparently it is somewhat new; at least to me!