I'm spending the winter redoing the 800 square miles of teak (or so it seems) on my '30. I've got two coats of standard Cetol Marine on so far. A few questions for anyone who has been here, done that:
1) I intend to put a number of coats of the standard finish on, and then put a few coats of Cetol Marine Gloss on...how many of each is the absolute optimal?
2) I had it on good authority that I can skip sanding between the first and second coats, and have done so; this would imply that I sand now, after the second coat...assuming multiple coats (say, 4 Cetol and 2 Gloss), are there any other sanding steps that can be skipped, or should I from here on out sand between every coat?
3) Having done numerous furniture refinishings, I'm used to working up the sandpaper grit scale—any specific recommendations for this stuff?
4) Assuming seasonal, freshwater use (Michigan), how many years can I expect to go before I do any more teak work, and how can I best maintain it without going through the hell of complete stripping again?
Thanks to all!
Geoff
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Calling all Cetol Marine Vets!
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Steve Arian
Re: Calling all Cetol Marine Vets!
Geoff Safron wrote: I'm spending the winter redoing the 800 square miles of teak (or so it seems) on my '30. I've got two coats of standard Cetol Marine on so far. A few questions for anyone who has been here, done that:
1) I intend to put a number of coats of the standard finish on, and then put a few coats of Cetol Marine Gloss on...how many of each is the absolute optimal?
2) I had it on good authority that I can skip sanding between the first and second coats, and have done so; this would imply that I sand now, after the second coat...assuming multiple coats (say, 4 Cetol and 2 Gloss), are there any other sanding steps that can be skipped, or should I from here on out sand between every coat?
3) Having done numerous furniture refinishings, I'm used to working up the sandpaper grit scale—any specific recommendations for this stuff?
4) Assuming seasonal, freshwater use (Michigan), how many years can I expect to go before I do any more teak work, and how can I best maintain it without goin
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Geoff
Re: Calling all Cetol Marine Vets!
Steve:
I don't know if the problem is on my end, but I couldn't find your response on your posting, just my original note in italics. Do me a favor, and copy your words of wisdom and pop me an e-mail...thanks a bunch!
Geoff
Pixel179@AOL.com
I don't know if the problem is on my end, but I couldn't find your response on your posting, just my original note in italics. Do me a favor, and copy your words of wisdom and pop me an e-mail...thanks a bunch!
Geoff
Pixel179@AOL.com
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Matt Cawthorne
Re: Calling all Cetol Marine Vets!
Geoff,
We used Cetol on our CD36 for 4 years now. My observations are as follows.
I hate using the gloss. The first can was worse than applying bubblegum with a brush. I assumed that it was a bad batch. The second time I bought a can a year later it had the same problem. The stuff was far too thick, but they recommend not thinning. It will be a few years before I try the gloss stuff again.
I used to sand between coats. I may have taken off too much material. What I found was that three coats began to break down the first year. A quick extra coat solved the problem. Since the time needed to put a coat on is far less than the time to strip and prepare the teak and put on 3 more coats I recommend NOT going with the minimum number of coats, especially the first year. I have been putting on two coats a year so the teak is getting dark. Now that there is a nice thick layer there I will back down to a single coat per year. Other than the original over-sanding (scotchbrite is what I use now) I have not had any failures.
Matt
mcawthor@bellatlantic.net
We used Cetol on our CD36 for 4 years now. My observations are as follows.
I hate using the gloss. The first can was worse than applying bubblegum with a brush. I assumed that it was a bad batch. The second time I bought a can a year later it had the same problem. The stuff was far too thick, but they recommend not thinning. It will be a few years before I try the gloss stuff again.
I used to sand between coats. I may have taken off too much material. What I found was that three coats began to break down the first year. A quick extra coat solved the problem. Since the time needed to put a coat on is far less than the time to strip and prepare the teak and put on 3 more coats I recommend NOT going with the minimum number of coats, especially the first year. I have been putting on two coats a year so the teak is getting dark. Now that there is a nice thick layer there I will back down to a single coat per year. Other than the original over-sanding (scotchbrite is what I use now) I have not had any failures.
Matt
Steve Arian wrote:Geoff Safron wrote: I'm spending the winter redoing the 800 square miles of teak (or so it seems) on my '30. I've got two coats of standard Cetol Marine on so far. A few questions for anyone who has been here, done that:
1) I intend to put a number of coats of the standard finish on, and then put a few coats of Cetol Marine Gloss on...how many of each is the absolute optimal?
2) I had it on good authority that I can skip sanding between the first and second coats, and have done so; this would imply that I sand now, after the second coat...assuming multiple coats (say, 4 Cetol and 2 Gloss), are there any other sanding steps that can be skipped, or should I from here on out sand between every coat?
3) Having done numerous furniture refinishings, I'm used to working up the sandpaper grit scale any specific recommendations for this stuff?
4) Assuming seasonal, freshwater use (Michigan), how many years can I expect to go before I do any more teak work, and how can I best maintain it without goin
mcawthor@bellatlantic.net