Doing the Bright Work - I've had it!

[Ed K]

Hear the Man! Fast, easy, good for the wood, relaxing to do and nothing looks better than oiled teak! I like the premium gold sold by West Marine.
Ed
CD25 #607
CAROLYN

[Serge Zimberoff]

Almost poetic but true...I would add dieting to your gym analogy. It is a way of life, not something that you get to stop. Sooner or later it just becomes almost fun.
Serge
Ty 1700 'Cloning Around'



serge@srtrop.com

[John Nuttall]

.......fwiw, a timely comment from another board re epoxy under varnish.....

Cheers,
John

[Bruce Hettleman]

Bright work...yuk...I'm over it. I've used Cetol...looked great...for about a 2 months...now the boat looks terrible and I won't do it again. I have seen some beautiful alternatives. In NJ I saw Kathrine Monegan's Realization...it looked great! Kathrine, how did you treat your exterior teak? Would you drive down to Lewes Delaware and do mine?

If anyone has some suggestions for preserving the wood without painting on some kind of sealant coating, I would love to hear from you. Thanks folks!

Hi,
I decided to deal with the teak this year. I washed it with a soapy boat cleaner, scubbed it with a mixture of water, 409 with some bleach( to get the black out), sanded alittle ( not much, I hate sanding). After it dried out I taped it (very important) and put on honey teak in one day. It looks great. If the reviews of honey teak are accurate it ought to hang in there awhile.



bruce.d.hettleman@hitchcock.org