old Orange Cetol

[David Hodos]

I have a '74 CD25 that has some teak areas that I can only guess have been covered with Cetol many times resulting in a Very Orange condition. My question is, on these areas, before recovering with additional Cetol, should the teak be sanded down to bare wood to remove all existing Cetol, then cleaned and brightened using a 2-step cleaner befor refinishing? How about oiling the Teak? Other areas of my boat (the companion way boards) have been varnished. I stripped the varnish off, resanded and cleaned using a 2-step, then oiled with Amazon Teak oil. They look great, but my guess is that the look will only last for a short time. Has anyone used Teak Oil exclusively? I'm considering using some kind of covering (Cetol, Wood Pro, ?) for the toe rail and hard to clean areas, but I'd be willing to use Oil for those areas that can be removed and cleaned periodically without harming the teak. Thanks



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[Jon]

David,

If you are going to put more Cetol on, I would just sand most of what is there off. I wouldn't worry too much about leaving some behind to be covered with new Cetol - it will just blend in. The reason it looks orange is because there is to much Cetol on there. Three coats is the max with the original formula. If you oil the bare teak, I suspect it may be tough to get any finish to stick.

Jon

[Michael Heintz]

David,

This past spring I "Cetoled" my exterior teak, fortiunatly the preveious owner had stripped it dpwn pretty well. I finished the job with some light scrapping then sandanding, finally cleaning with acetone. I used Cetol "light". It turned out beautifull!!!!the somewhat new "light" is a great finish which no longer has that orange look. The "right" way to do the job is to take down to bare teak and then aply the Cetol, as directed three coats, and no sand in between.

There are areas of my boat that is varnished and you cannot tell the difference!!!!!



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[Tom]

I have a '74 CD25 that has some teak areas that I can only guess have been covered with Cetol many times resulting in a Very Orange condition. My question is, on these areas, before recovering with additional Cetol, should the teak be sanded down to bare wood to remove all existing Cetol, then cleaned and brightened using a 2-step cleaner befor refinishing? How about oiling the Teak? Other areas of my boat (the companion way boards) have been varnished. I stripped the varnish off, resanded and cleaned using a 2-step, then oiled with Amazon Teak oil. They look great, but my guess is that the look will only last for a short time. Has anyone used Teak Oil exclusively? I'm considering using some kind of covering (Cetol, Wood Pro, ?) for the toe rail and hard to clean areas, but I'd be willing to use Oil for those areas that can be removed and cleaned periodically without harming the teak. Thanks

Amazon or any of the teak oils work fine for interiors and just need re-application periodically. On the exterior, however, they start looking bad in a matter of months, not years. And most of them darken with age and sunlight and get to look terrible. Teak Wonder is the only oil I'm aware of that actually lightens with age, however it doesn't last long and doesn't look as good from the beginning. I use Armada on my exterior teak and love it. Looks just like varnish. It's a competing brand with Cetol and there's a discussion on this board from awhile back concerning Armada vs. Cetol and other finishes.



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[David Hodos]

Well, we decided to sand the existing Cetol finished teak down to the bare teak, clean it with 2-step, then recover with Cetol. I applied it in very thin coats in an effort to reduce the amount of 'orange', and it's looking pretty good. We finished the hand rails on top of the cabin and the companion way trim. I'm very happy so far. Thanks for sharing your thoughts, I really appreciate this message board!



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