Has anyone had any experience matching teak coloring? This winter I had an electrical fire in the V-berth of my Cape Dory 30. Since then I have replaced the forward bulkhead and a large portion of the wood in the V-berth and head area. My existing vintage 1977 teak has a reddish hue. This is also the case is several other Cape Dorys I have looked at. New teak and teak plywood have a greyish hue. The existing teak has this same greyish hue in previously unexposed areas, such as under lights and molding. I assume this reddish hue is due to a combination of teak cleaners and oils used over the years. Note that this is all unvarnished wood.
Does anyone have any experience or recommendations on stains or oils that could be used to make the coloring more uniform? Solid teak can be sanded to remove all finishes, but the teak plywood covering most of the interior only has a thin veneer of teak.
All suggestions are welcome.
Olli Wendelin
CD 30 Ketch
BLUE MOON
Charleston, SC
wendelin@spawar.navy.mil
Matching Teak Color
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Debby Vallette
Re: Matching Teak Color
On our CD 30 this falls under one of "my" jobs, as opposed to heads and engines, etc. We have mahogany bright work which is stained and varnished (did=ligently, every year) Down below, our teak is oiled and I keep after that. However, there are a few spots where previous owners left stain on hidden fiberglass spots. I am almost one hundred percent positive that it is the same mahogany red fromt the bright work. Try a little bit on a piece of scrap, rub it out completely and I'll bet it matches. Cherokee is a 1980 and also has a wonderful red hue below decks. Good luck.
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Matt Cawthorne
Re: Matching Teak Color
Olli,
Yikes! A fire aboard is one of my worst nighmares!
My CD-36 has a varnished interior. The varnish on woodwork around the inside of the hatches had broken down and mildew had blackend the teak. I cleaned and bleached the teak and then noticed that the color was not going to match. I noticed that the interiar matched the Cetol on the exterior so I recoated with that and the color match is perfect. I don't know if it will maintain the same color match after 5 or 10 years, but after one year the match is still perfect. This will only work if you have a varnished interior with a non-glossy finish.
Matt
mcawthor@bellatlantic.net
Yikes! A fire aboard is one of my worst nighmares!
My CD-36 has a varnished interior. The varnish on woodwork around the inside of the hatches had broken down and mildew had blackend the teak. I cleaned and bleached the teak and then noticed that the color was not going to match. I noticed that the interiar matched the Cetol on the exterior so I recoated with that and the color match is perfect. I don't know if it will maintain the same color match after 5 or 10 years, but after one year the match is still perfect. This will only work if you have a varnished interior with a non-glossy finish.
Matt
Olli Wendelin wrote: Has anyone had any experience matching teak coloring? This winter I had an electrical fire in the V-berth of my Cape Dory 30. Since then I have replaced the forward bulkhead and a large portion of the wood in the V-berth and head area. My existing vintage 1977 teak has a reddish hue. This is also the case is several other Cape Dorys I have looked at. New teak and teak plywood have a greyish hue. The existing teak has this same greyish hue in previously unexposed areas, such as under lights and molding. I assume this reddish hue is due to a combination of teak cleaners and oils used over the years. Note that this is all unvarnished wood.
Does anyone have any experience or recommendations on stains or oils that could be used to make the coloring more uniform? Solid teak can be sanded to remove all finishes, but the teak plywood covering most of the interior only has a thin veneer of teak.
All suggestions are welcome.
Olli Wendelin
CD 30 Ketch
BLUE MOON
Charleston, SC
mcawthor@bellatlantic.net
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Jeff Barnes
Re: Matching Teak Color
Olli,Olli Wendelin wrote: Has anyone had any experience matching teak coloring? This winter I had an electrical fire in the V-berth of my Cape Dory 30. Since then I have replaced the forward bulkhead and a large portion of the wood in the V-berth and head area. My existing vintage 1977 teak has a reddish hue. This is also the case is several other Cape Dorys I have looked at. New teak and teak plywood have a greyish hue. The existing teak has this same greyish hue in previously unexposed areas, such as under lights and molding. I assume this reddish hue is due to a combination of teak cleaners and oils used over the years. Note that this is all unvarnished wood.
Does anyone have any experience or recommendations on stains or oils that could be used to make the coloring more uniform? Solid teak can be sanded to remove all finishes, but the teak plywood covering most of the interior only has a thin veneer of teak.
All suggestions are welcome.
Olli Wendelin
CD 30 Ketch
BLUE MOON
Charleston, SC
I have a CD 30 (#149) and have customized the the teak paneling on the starboard side over the ice box to accomodate various instruments (radar, SSB, etc). I found the Minwax Colonial Maple mixed with some Red Mahgony was a near perfect match to the original. Hope this helps.
Jeff Barnes
CD 30 Cutter
WAVETRADER
Greenwich, CT
jt_barnes@classic.msn.com