stripping teak

[Larry Niles]

I want to remove an acrylic teak sealer (Cape Ann) from all the wood on my Cape Dory 26. I'm not sure of the best way to strip it off. It's tough stuff so I'm looking at two part cleaners. But I'm worried about my fiberglass. Any comments or alternitives?



nilesl@algorithms.com

[Douglas McMullin]

I have experience in this area. When I got my CD25 last year I re-did all the teak. I found that the cleaners were a complete pain, and a heat gun does not work well on acrylic. I did the entire job with a selection of good quality scrapers that were kept sharp... I was able to do a great job on all the exterior teak in 4-5 hours. A complete sanding followed. Scrapers must be sharp!!!

I want to remove an acrylic teak sealer (Cape Ann) from all the wood on my Cape Dory 26. I'm not sure of the best way to strip it off. It's tough stuff so I'm looking at two part cleaners. But I'm worried about my fiberglass. Any comments or alternitives?

dmcm@pctech.net

[bob loewenstein]

We redid the teak on our CD27 last spring. It had varnish. We also
used scrapers rather than chemicals or heat guns. That went reasonably
fast and if I had to do it over again I would use scrapers.

We put on Cetol and the boat looks wonderful.



rfl@yerkes.uchicago.edu

[Lee Hodsdon]

Larry,

I removed the Cape Ann teak product (loving referred to as the Brown Death) from the teak on our 25D last spring. The sharp scraper is the only way to go. The end result was wonderfull with a clean smooth surface resulting, after sanding Epifanes Varnish was applied and looked great. The product used to protect the teak is certainly a personal choice. Best of luck with your project.

Lee

I want to remove an acrylic teak sealer (Cape Ann) from all the wood on my Cape Dory 26. I'm not sure of the best way to strip it off. It's tough stuff so I'm looking at two part cleaners. But I'm worried about my fiberglass. Any comments or alternitives?

lhodsdon@nh.ultranet.com

[Larry Niles]

We redid the teak on our CD27 last spring. It had varnish. We also
used scrapers rather than chemicals or heat guns. That went reasonably
fast and if I had to do it over again I would use scrapers.

We put on Cetol and the boat looks wonderful.

Thanks for the advice. I'll try the scrapers tomorrow.



nilesl@algorithms.com

[Neil Dexter]

I want to remove an acrylic teak sealer (Cape Ann) from all the wood on my Cape Dory 26. I'm not sure of the best way to strip it off. It's tough stuff so I'm looking at two part cleaners. But I'm worried about my fiberglass. Any comments or alternitives?

All the advice you have received so far is good. I have had a CD 30 for 15 years an have "been there, and done that". There is one last tidbit of advice: GET A GOOD SCRAPER. A cheap scraper is much worse than no scraper at all. Most hardware stores sell nothing but cheap scrapers because most people don't want to spend more than $4.00 on a scraper. Get a good Stanley or one of those Swedish Carbide scrapers. $7.00 to $20.00 at woodworking stores.



neild@ancor.com