Shiny/glossey that teak trim

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SailingShawnee

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May 17, 2012
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Catalina 22 Toms River
Last year before launching the Catalina 22 I cleaned and oiled all the teak including handrails, and the rest of the teak. It looked really nice and made a huge difference but lacked the shiny gloss i was hoping for. Anyone know of any products and/or techniques to use on the teak to get it looking glossy and shiny?
Thanks,
-Shawn
 
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RS_Grampian

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Oct 24, 2012
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Grampian 26 Maryland
There are as many ideas on how to finish teak as there are sailors, so you're opening a real can of worms here. But my approach for long lasting, beautiful wood trim is to clean it, sand it, seal it with a few coats of epoxy, sand again, then give it 5-8 thin, loving coats of a high quality marine varnish. It is a lot of work, but that's what it takes to have glowing bright wood. Do some google searches on it.... You'll uncover tons of info. Good luck! :)
 
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Jan 24, 2010
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Catalina 310 Ocean City, NJ
SailingShawnee said:
Last year before launching the Catalina 22 I cleaned and oiled all the teak including handrails, and the rest of the teak. It looked really nice and made a huge difference but lacked the shiny gloss i was hoping for. Anyone know of any products and/or techniques to use on the teak to get it looking glossy and shiny?
Thanks,
-Shawn
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One word. Cetol.

Three coats of natural and then another 2 coats of gloss. Did this two years ago on my hatch boards which face south all year. They look the same today as the day I first put them in after the cetoll treatment.
 
FourPoints

FourPoints

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if you want an ease of oil, but still crave a better look, try Daly's Seafin. You'll get a low shine from it after a couple coats, and should last most if not a whole season out in the sun.

if you want a varnished, glassy look, cetol or varnish is the way to go, but will be much more work.
 
Joetech

Joetech

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Apr 13, 2007
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Catalina 27 TR Lorain, Ohio
Cetol and clear

I've had great success by sanding down to nice wood, cleaning with acetone and then putting on 3 coats of Cetol natural and 2 coats of clear. I've gotten 5 years out of this type of finish before a retouch. I sail on Lake Erie so its all covered up from Nov to May. If I was in the south and sailed 12 months of the year it wouldn't last that long.
 
woodster

woodster

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Sep 15, 2009
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according to The people at Daly's the more coats of Seafin you put on the gloss gets better and better ...i know with urathaine oil that used to be used on gun stocks that was the case the more coats the better the gloss......

regards

woody
 
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FourPoints

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woodster said:
according to The people at Daly's the more coats of Seafin you put on the gloss gets better and better ...i know with urathaine oil that used to be used on gun stocks that was the case the more coats the better the gloss......

regards

woody
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Correct, but if you want more gloss than 3-4 coats will give, you should start putting Dalys profin on instead of additional coats of seafin. That gives a great gloss finish.
 
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Chris Patterson

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I'm also with Daly's. IF you want to stay with oil exteriors. Bear in mind, I'm one of those varnish purists that think anything under ten coats is a waste of time. I'm near passionate about the stuff. I won't get started..

But you are in no way, in any shape, form, or fashion going to cheat the game and get a high gloss finish, with a lasting shine with any kind of oil on earth, I don't care HOW much of it you put on. You will still be re-applying it regularly. That's not to say you won't be re-applying varnish either, maintenance coats are a fact. There is no easy way out with brightworks. Yep, epoxy is a decent option. And I can walk the docks and tell varnish from Sickens. It's just where your heart is. My sister has a common saying, "It's all about what you can live with, and what you can live without". That is true for most things actually.

But Daly's might be your quick and "easier" option.

I will further add that none of these prior posts are wrong. I like some options a little better than others.

Few things have driven the sailor to distraction more than brightworks. It's the curse..
 
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FourPoints

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Chris Patterson said:
I'm also with Daly's. IF you want to stay with oil exteriors. Bear in mind, I'm one of those varnish purists that think anything under ten coats is a waste of time. I'm near passionate about the stuff. I won't get started.
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Have you tried covering the seafin with 3-4 coats of profin? It gives a great varnished type look with 1/10th of the work (but it doesn't build up as thick)!
 
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FourPoints

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Dig through my blog a bit, the stereo, electrical panel, and the various sole and companionway step refinishing all have examples of the profin gloss (I didn't want the satin look). As of this post I have done about 90% of the interior wood, and 50% of the exterior. I intend on finishing it all this season. I'm on my phone at the moment so I cannot easily attach the pictures.
 
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