Exterior teak

[DC Hunter]

The exterior teak on my H 22 is in very bad shape. I thought it would be better to remove it to work on at my shop at home. BUT it isn't so easy! For example, the bolts that hold the winches on (on the piece of trim under them)just spin around when I tried to remove them. Is taking the wood off a bad idea? Also, any ideas on where I can get a H22 owner manual?

 

[L. Moy]

Teak Renew

You are right. I just tried the same with my H22and found the teak was fastened in such a way as to make replacement very difficult. My teak was extremly weathered after years of neglect. To improve matters I first used a two part teak treatment to scub away the weathered wood and lighten it to natural colour.I then used an orbital sander with medium grit paper to achieve a smooth surface and finished with 3 coats of Starbrite teak oil. The finished job does not look like it just came from the Dealer but nontheless for a 23 year boat it's OKL. Moy PS Don't let the teak oil touch the gelcoat, it stains.

 

[Mike Misko]

Teak Refinishing

DC - I've gone through this twice on different boats. First time I slopped some on the gel coat and yep, it stained. On my H23, I masked everywhere and it really made putting on the oil much easier and worry free. Then, I failed to remove the tape for about 4 days and was left with a gooey mess of adhesive from the tape. Goo gone cleaned it up and it did avoid staining the gel coat.

 

[Bud22569]

Winches

I removed the teak boards under my winches to refinish them. To remove these boards you need to disassemble the winches (it's a good idea to disassemble, clean and grease the winches if it has not been performed recently). You need someone on deck with a screwdriver and another person in the quarterberth to remove the winches in order to remove the teak boards. There are also two small screws at the aft end of the teak boards that you need to remove. The rest of my teak I refinished in place. However it made sense to remove the boards under the winches.I tried to clean up my teak with chemicals and finally resorted to some light sanding (the teak looked like the previous owner had used motor oil as a teak treatment). I used Cetol Marine for the final finish. The teak on the boat looks great now. Cetol seems to be great stuff for teak. You can probably get some more experienced feedback on this forum about Cetol.I called Hunter for an owners manual. They will send you a stack of copied documents for around $20. I found the original owners manual... it wasn't much to write home about.