Sealing or oiling teak wood, what to do? I have been oiling a table and chairs for past cuple years. 2 times per season, using boiled linseed/turpintine mixture. it always looks great but mold shows up about 3-4 weeks later. I saw that Sikkens makes a sealer for hardwood. Any one have experience?(with sikkens or retarding mold with oil finish) I always prep the wood with TSP and bleach.
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why not use teak oils made for boat trim? marine environments are the thoughest, should last at least a year with frequent sea spray, longer in your yard. find it at boat/marine stores.
Even with marine oils mold can still appear on the surface
because teak is naturally oily it is very hard to get a sealer to stick, I've had limited success with epifanes "wood finish gloss" quick and easy but didn't last more than a year.
http://www.epifanes.com/home.htm
the most successful method I have found is rubbing a high quality teak oil into the surface with 320 wet or dry sand paper, build up a good wood dust/oil slurry and then rub this into the grain buffing off the excess, leave this to set over night and then start to apply a high quality yacht varnish (epifanes high gloss is my favorite but they also do a matte finish) thin the first coat around 25%, lightly abrade with 320 when dry then apply between 2 and 5 further coats thinned by 10%.
I used this method for the first time on teak trim for a yacht around 2 years ago and it is still looking pretty good today
Duncan Miller boatbuilder/carpenter
Edited 4/13/2006 6:46 am ET by limeyjoiner
Edited 4/13/2006 6:52 am ET by limeyjoiner
Your killing me. 8 chairs, chaise lounger, side table, etc. But your advice sounds promising, thanks.