Oil or varnish

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Nov 26, 2010
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s2 8.0 Jacksonville, fl
I replaced my companionway hatch with a teak piece. A hatch this big had to be made by joining the wood planks.

Should I oil the teak and hope the glue joint does not leak?

Should I fill the glued joint?

Should I varnish?

I have read that the west system epoxy is best but cost prohibitive

Please advise
 

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Dec 8, 2011
48
S2 8.0 C Baltimore
Two-part resorcinol glue, Gorilla? epoxy? I figure you wiped down the glued edges with liberal amounts of acetone to remove the oils first? Glued edge failue with teak happens a lot.
 
Dec 8, 2011
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S2 8.0 C Baltimore
Two-part resorcinol glue, Gorilla? epoxy? I figure you wiped down the glued edges with liberal amounts of acetone to remove the oils first? Glued edge failure with teak happens a lot.
 
Jun 9, 2008
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As mentioned above, Resourcinol glue (2-part) is great for gluing teak (but you need to clamp it). It also is brown, so sort of matches the teak color. Epoxy is a good glue too, but you need to add a thickener and not just use the resin by itself. West System is fine, but you should also use 404 which is a high density filler, or 406 which is also a good filler additive or 407 low-density filler and I like this selection because the red brown color matches the teak color better. I also advise that you spline the teak pieces with a thin piece of teak that will insert into the edge of both pieces that you wish to glue together and not just glue them together (butt the pieces without the spline). This will assure that they will not separate. The other suggestion is that if you are using teak board (not plywood), that you should also have end pieces with the grain going a different way (like a 2 inch border on the ends/sides) as that will make sure your boards will not buckle or cup down the road. So, if you were gluing two boards together to make one, you should have 4 pieces of wood in total.
 
Mar 14, 2007
88
S2 9.2A Seattle, WA
I have been using Cetol for the teak on my 9.2A. It stands up to the wet Pacific Northwest weather better than varnish or oil, several years so far. It needs to be redone this spring/summer sometime.
 

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Jun 10, 2004
3,269
S2 9.2A Winthrop, MA
I second the cetol. I did my hand rails two seasons ago and they look like I did them yesterday. Slightly orange cast to the color though. Doesn't bother me as much as varnishing does!
 
Mar 29, 2008
187
s2 9.2C NJ
I would glue the teak with west epoxy. A spline would help. A wash with acetone to remove teak oils on the glue joint. A breadboard edged panel will have some movement along the length of the narrow side edges and any cetol or varnish will crack. I would not do breadboard edges. I would then cetol it. My opinion..
 
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