I refinished my teak this winter too and it wasn't all
that hard. I hand sanded it, and then put on 3 coats
of Cetol. It looks great, better than I ever
expected.
- Scott
Charleston
--- Rick Swalwell <rswalwell@medicaprx.com> wrote:
> Mike,
> Why replace? With a little elbow grease you can
> make it look absolutely
> beautiful. I had a 30 year old Westerly (you can
> imagine what the original
> teak looked like)that I tackled one winter. Got
> myself a nice Ryobi
> triangle sander to get into the tight places...
> start with a heavy grit and
> work down. Hose down and wipe with cheese cloth...
> then lay on your first
> coat of varnish... the thinner the better. 11 coats
> later... that teak was
> a beautiful golden brown with a sheen that would
> take your breath away. But
> then again, I love woodworking. Teak also looks
> great to me when it's gray,
> weathered and grainy. My agenda now has sailing
> time at the top of the
> list... not restoring an old boat. Been there -
> done that.
>
> Rick
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: mmsailor@aol.com [mailto:mmsailor@aol.com]
> Sent: Monday, May 01, 2000 7:33 PM
> To: WWPotter@egroups.com
> Subject: [WWP] teak
>
>
> I wanted to ask whether anyone had ever
> replaced,teak with any other wood ,
> the reason for wanting to do so are not that
> important, just wondering, just
>
> read in another site that it should never be done, I
> have found from reading
>
> here that potterers are not afraid to experiment,
> thanks for the input MIke
>
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