very worn teak

[dory24]

thanks for replies, did all the prep work this past weekend, compound wax bottom paint and cleaned the top side with power washer and the teak came up almost new with the fine tip on the washer. going to seal it with cetol or something similar, no rush was going to dunk it this weekend but with temps barely in the 40's ill wait till mid week next week.

[River Rat]

Sikkens Cetol is the best stuff I have found. 5 or 6 coats and your good. I usually sand lightly and put a fresh coat on in the spring. Stuff lasts and lasts. I'm done with oil!

[Fish Stix]

if its real bad, sand it until it looks fresh again. then definitely use the cetol marine stain. you can choose different shades and lasts awhile. do atleast 5 coats.

[Gerry Zagorski]

Dory - Those power washers are great but tend to raise the grain of the wood, especially with soft woods like Teak. If you want to get a good protective coat of Cetol on the wood, you need to even out the grain to make it nice and flat by sanding before you seal.

[dory24]

thanks gerry, ran a light sand paper over it when i was done, should have added that, but it came out great. not as smooth as doing A&B on it but pulled alot of old pulp off it with outdoing any noticeable damage.

[Gerry Zagorski]

Great - If you keep after it (a light sanding and recoat every so often) it will stay nice.

Blow boaters usually have a lot of teak on their boats and swear by Cetol.
They are usually on the cheap side too, so I guess this method is actually a price performer too