...at what a difference a little Daly's Seafin Teak Oil made on the interior of my 2003 Hunter. The interior is in pretty good shape, but the side walls of the companionway looked a little worn and weather faded...so I read past threads - and my Hunter's Owners Manual, of course! - and ordered the Daly's. I anticipated a few hours intensive labor and, after that and a brewski, I figured on evaluating just how much of the interior I'd do this season. Well, an old tee shirt and the Daly's and after about 15 minutes it looked SO GREAT I had a couple (!!!) of brewskis. 
That project was a no-brainer. The table in the cabin is another story though. After re-drilling a higher hole in the mast compression post to allow me to lift and turn the table 90 degrees to give a bit more cabin space when I want it, I noted that the box under the table - it's my "liquor" cabinet! - was coming apart...several stripped/missing screws and it's never been correctly aligned so that the top of the box fits well in the table. So the table came out, and - no Daly's used here - it has had, after a good sanding, its second of a half-dozen or so coats of Epifanes...then it will be re-assembled in a few days and re-secured correctly. The Epifanes was used last year on the companionway hatch cover teak (3 ieces) and the handhold, and the dozen or so slats on the stern rail seats. I did a a total stripping and (according to the can directions) applied a good half-dozen coats with progressively more varnish and less thinner and methodical 250 then 400 grit sanding. These few pieces have held up remarkably well all last summer and through the winter on the hard. So I am trying the Epifanes on the table. Epifanes has my loyalty...and now so does Daly's. This is not a commercial plug...just a birt of recent experience from a lazy Hunter owner who wants his boat to keep his boat looking good.
That project was a no-brainer. The table in the cabin is another story though. After re-drilling a higher hole in the mast compression post to allow me to lift and turn the table 90 degrees to give a bit more cabin space when I want it, I noted that the box under the table - it's my "liquor" cabinet! - was coming apart...several stripped/missing screws and it's never been correctly aligned so that the top of the box fits well in the table. So the table came out, and - no Daly's used here - it has had, after a good sanding, its second of a half-dozen or so coats of Epifanes...then it will be re-assembled in a few days and re-secured correctly. The Epifanes was used last year on the companionway hatch cover teak (3 ieces) and the handhold, and the dozen or so slats on the stern rail seats. I did a a total stripping and (according to the can directions) applied a good half-dozen coats with progressively more varnish and less thinner and methodical 250 then 400 grit sanding. These few pieces have held up remarkably well all last summer and through the winter on the hard. So I am trying the Epifanes on the table. Epifanes has my loyalty...and now so does Daly's. This is not a commercial plug...just a birt of recent experience from a lazy Hunter owner who wants his boat to keep his boat looking good.
