There has been lots of recent discussion here about the best way to remove other types of finishes (varnish, etc.) from teak -- i.e. using scrapers. The teak on my CD 25 was last done with Cetol about 4 years ago, and is it is quite chipped now. I was wondering if the scraper approach is also the best way to remove Cetol, or if there is an easy chemical alternative.
mill7846@mlb.com
Cetol Removal
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Matt Cawthorne
Re: Cetol Removal.... the easy way?
Bret,
Two years ago I was bleaching a hand-rail in preparation for coating it with Cetol. The eyebrow which had 2 year old Cetol on it got a generous coating of the bleach in a few areas (I am not sure whether part "a" or part "b") and everywhere the bleach got on the the Cetol it got soft and lifted off. I think that the bleach that I was using was either "te-ka" brand or "semco" brand. Try a few tests. It might save you alot of effort.
I use 4 coats of Cetol the first year and re-coat my Cetol each year (so far two coats each year) and have not had any major failures in the coating. Much of the Cetol is about 4 years old and does not have chips. I hope to get many more years out of it before I start the process over, but only time will tell.
Write back if the bleach works out. I have not tried it on any large areas, so I don't know if it is a generally good technique or whether I just got unlucky.
Matt
mcawthor@bellatlantic.net
Two years ago I was bleaching a hand-rail in preparation for coating it with Cetol. The eyebrow which had 2 year old Cetol on it got a generous coating of the bleach in a few areas (I am not sure whether part "a" or part "b") and everywhere the bleach got on the the Cetol it got soft and lifted off. I think that the bleach that I was using was either "te-ka" brand or "semco" brand. Try a few tests. It might save you alot of effort.
I use 4 coats of Cetol the first year and re-coat my Cetol each year (so far two coats each year) and have not had any major failures in the coating. Much of the Cetol is about 4 years old and does not have chips. I hope to get many more years out of it before I start the process over, but only time will tell.
Write back if the bleach works out. I have not tried it on any large areas, so I don't know if it is a generally good technique or whether I just got unlucky.
Matt
Brett Miller wrote: There has been lots of recent discussion here about the best way to remove other types of finishes (varnish, etc.) from teak -- i.e. using scrapers. The teak on my CD 25 was last done with Cetol about 4 years ago, and is it is quite chipped now. I was wondering if the scraper approach is also the best way to remove Cetol, or if there is an easy chemical alternative.
mcawthor@bellatlantic.net