Interior wood reconditioning

[dennisv]

OK gentlemen and ladies, need some help. The interior wood work on my ODay 28 is original. It is, however starting to show it's 34year old age. Not bad, but..........
I like the finish ODay had from the factory. The wood is a light teak. I'd call it a light golden. I've seen others, with different makes of boats, who have dress their teak with traditional teak oil, and several of them are now a dark wood, some very dark wood. I do not want that.
Is there anyone who has reconditioned/refinished their inside teak to a "light" color. Keeping it close to the original color from ODay? What did you do? What did you use? Traditionally I will just wash mine down with Murphy's oil soap.

 

[jibes138]

Try Formby's Tung Oil.

 

[MikeHoncho]

Boiled Linseed Oil thinned 50% with paint thinner. Apply a heavy coat let sit for 20 min, wipe off excess, let sit for 24, apply another doing the same. Do not use 100% BLO and read/follow the precautions on rag disposal. I have a great story of a fire station bay filled with smoke and having the FC finding it, but that's for another day.

 

[dmax]

I just refinished most of my interior with Watco Teak Oil - this is what Catalina used in the 80's, not sure what O'Day used but it matches perfectly. I sanded all of the finish off on the bad areas and applied two coats (may do a third), the rest I just cleaned up and applied one coat. Looks great. It's hard to get a light color from teak.

 

[dennisv]

MikeHoncho and dmax, thanks for the suggestions. Nice options that I would not have otherwise considered. I've got some experimenting to do.

 

[eherlihy]

The interior of my boat is natural sanded teak with NO polyurethane or varnish. Poly or varnish would show scratches that would be difficult to repair.

When I first acquired my boat I washed ALL the woodwork with Murphy's Oil Soap to clean out 25 years of dirty - rancid - sticky teak oil. For the past ten years I have applied LEMON OIL to the interior to provide UV protection and to hide/repair scratches.