Downeaster Yachts.com - Topic: Refinishing the teak on deak

Scott Carle on Refinishing the teak on deak

Fri, 26 Jul 2013 08:37:58 -0400

So the tequa final verdict. After a couple years we had 5 or 6 coats on and the wood finally stopped soaking it up and it started lasting about a year between coats. Right now it has been a year or two since the last coat and it is starting to look a little worn. Many areas though that got the most tequa still look good. Over time and with repeated coast of tequa the wood has turned darker and darker. It is a very dark brown at this point but to me looks good. At this point we really liked it. At this point we also ran out of the original 4 quarts we purchased.

When we went to buy more we found out that the owner of the company died and took the tequa with him. It is no longer available. I am working on my own home brew version at this point and if it works well will let everyone know.

Scott Carle on Refinishing the teak on deak

Wed, 30 Mar 2011 23:45:54 -0400

No worries glad to share 🙂

actually I haven't seen the boat in a few months.. just have someone checking up on it and stayin on it some of the time. I'm interested in seeing what the wook looks like now myself 🙂

Eolian on Refinishing the teak on deak

Wed, 30 Mar 2011 17:06:27 -0400

Thanks for the report Scott.

Bob

s/v Eolian

DE45 #11

Seattle

Scott Carle on Refinishing the teak on deak

Sat, 12 Feb 2011 09:10:13 -0500

a little later this spring we will be going back and doing the next years coat.. I will report on that torward the end of the summer and see what transpires for longevity with a second years coats down.

miatapaul on Refinishing the teak on deak

Tue, 08 Feb 2011 18:23:38 -0500

Well I am sorry you are not happy with the results, as it would be nice to have an easy product that would work, as you said even if you have to do it twice a year. But it is good to hear results even if they are not positive.

Scott Carle on Refinishing the teak on deak

Mon, 01 Nov 2010 21:47:48 -0400

Not to well.

I am finding a lot of mottled fadded areas as time goes on. I am going to use up what is left over the next couple years but at this point I am going to have to say I'm not to impressed by the durability. It wears off almost instantly with any abrasion such as lines rubbing on the wood. however I will give a little on phyisical abrasions .. thats pretty harsh for any coating. The areas that I am seeing light colored splotches and such in have not been worn by abrasion.. It just seems sun faded etc.. maybe my wood soaked it up unevenly with some areas being more pourous than others. However it all looked even for a while and then gradually started doing the mottled look. It still looks ok but it isn't wearning evenly.

theonecalledtom on Refinishing the teak on deak

Mon, 01 Nov 2010 00:08:40 -0400

it looks great after application - how's it holding up so far?

Scott Carle on Refinishing the teak on deak

Mon, 07 Jun 2010 11:26:23 -0400

We are so close to being done with the teak that I can almost taste it. Most of the boat now has two coats of tequa on the teak now. Only the companionway hatch and the midships skylight teak left to sand. Though the caprails are the biggest pieces of teak on the boat they were the fastest to sand down. The wheel took a long time and the pinrails also were pretty detailed in sanding around the pins etc.. The forward hatch also took some time because of the care that had to be taken to mask the acrylic and then sand the strips accross the face of the it. I have the feeling that the companionway will be a lot easier and the midships skylight will be tedious and detailed. Now that most of the teak is done she is looking nice. However with the teak all done it really points out the issues with the jellcoat on deck. Next will be sanding the jell coat and then priming and painting it.

Scott Carle on Refinishing the teak on deak

Fri, 28 May 2010 12:09:39 -0400

I think this stuff would be worth while even if you had to do it twice a year. One coat on the whole boat should only take one person about 4 hours total... it is taking a lot longer for us because we are doing the sanding and three coats for the first treatment. I will have pictures up in a week or so of the finished boat. I also think that once it has been treated that one quart would probably do one coat of all the exterier wood on the boat. The saving grace for this in my opionion over varnish, cetol or two part finishes is that you can just slop it on quickly and spread it thin with a brush without worrying to much about brush strokes etc.. If you spill some on the jell coat you can just wipe it up easyly and even on my really porous jel coat it doesn't really stain it. It is a soap and water clean up.

I will post lots of pictures after I take them.

I will say that sanding the wheel was the most detailed and time consuming part of it with the pin rails being the next most time consuming.

Erick on Refinishing the teak on deak

Fri, 28 May 2010 11:11:44 -0400

Reallly interested in seeing how the product holds up over time in Florida. I've decided against varnish, and have almost settled on leaving it silver. But now I am considering an oil, or something like what you used.

Scott Carle on Refinishing the teak on deak

Fri, 28 May 2010 10:24:19 -0400

We actually spent three days working on the boat this week. The teak on deck is now at about 90% and in some area’s even has three coats of Tequa. We are really liking the Tequa, it goes on thin and penetrates on the first couple of coats and on the third coat gives the teak a soft luster that is just beautiful. So far we have used about one and a quarter quarts and it has covered 90% of the boat in two coats and some parts of the boat in three coats. I think we will stop at three coats and then see what durability is over time. Pictures of all this will be forthcoming in the next week or so.

Scott Carle on Refinishing the teak on deak

Thu, 13 May 2010 22:41:54 -0400

A bit of both, I think. Its a kind of inbetween product from what I can gather.

Erick on Refinishing the teak on deak

Thu, 13 May 2010 10:35:11 -0400

Looks good!

I'm confused about the product though. Is it a stain or an oil?

Scott Carle on Refinishing the teak on deak

Tue, 11 May 2010 09:23:10 -0400

If it even comes close to the manufactures claims I will be happy. So far it has been super easy to use... just a matter of durability now. So now we wait!

We are hoping to get back up to Valkyr for a couple days this week to work on the rest of the wood and start sanding the coach roof in prep for painting it with brightsides. However I'm not holding my breath that it will happen. I picked up a new client last week and have had more work with them in the last week that with all my other clients combined in the last couple months. This is a really nice injection of funds into a economically flat time and I am making it a priority for now.

Eolian on Refinishing the teak on deak

Wed, 05 May 2010 12:06:50 -0400

Scott Carle said:

Other than the stern and bow pulpits all the stanchions terminate in fiberglass sockets just inboard and below the cap rail (the second picture shows one of the stantions just through the inboard side of the caprail into the fiberglass socket). At the stern and bow pulpits the bases of the legs sit on a raised teak base about an 1/8th of an inch higher than the surrounding teak due to sanding. A lot of the earlier boats had stantions that bolted thorugh the cap rail and would have also had the same effect under them ( the sixth picture down shows the bow pulpit where the base plate bolted through the caprail is standing on a raised area of teak) The other difference in caprails that valkyr has is that the chainplates are external and never went through the cap rail at all. You can see in the first before and after picture how the chain plate is bolted to the side of the hull and a teak trim strip is attached to the outer edge of the cap rail on either side of it.

I will be very curious to see how well the Tequa holds up...

bob

s/v Eolian

DE45 #11

Seattle