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I’d like to clean and lighten some of Silverheels’ interior teak, which is dark presumeably with stain. Have any of you done this successfully?
BTW, I first tried to log into the 424 forum at https://www.pearson424.org/bb2forum to search for this thread, but the page does not load.
Thanks,
Tor
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Thanks, Ken. That sounds like something I might find at Ace Hardware.
I’m giving this old gal a general sprucing up this summer and would love to lighten the very dark teak with which I’ve been living since day one.
Tor
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Hi Tor,
Just been through the pain of ‘lightening’ the interior teak.
Only way to get rid of the stain or whatever was used is to apply heat with a heat gun to get the old varnish to bubble away, then scraped and sanded. Took all of 10 weeks of weekends and a few long weekends to get it done.
A lot of work, but it proved to be worthwhile. One would not believe how much teak there is in a Pearson.
It was during this period that I had to repair the port bulkhead which resulted in laying up another sheet of veneer on the bulkhead. Once varnished I could not see any difference in colour.
We used Uroxsys which is a marine aliphatic gloss. It is now sold under International.
Cheers
Dennis
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I’ve got a young sailor working for me part time this
summer, doing some of the jobs around the boat that I
just never get to – like cleaning the interior teak.
That’s not a casual task when you’re living aboard. He
has worked out a system, though, and one section at a
time the old teak in here is being scrubbed clean for
the first time in 36 years. It has never been
varnished, for which I am grateful, preferring the
natural wood.Once cleaned, the teak lightens up some, but not a lot.
It’s still stained, not the golden hue I’ve seen in
natural interiors – more reddish, very like mahogany –
but freshly oiled it positively glows, accenting the
grain like fine art. It’s relative darkness is actually
complimentary now. That’s because from the beginning I
set out to lighten the depressingly dark interior of
the boat I bought, then with way too much very dark
teak, dark cushion fabric and that horrid mustard
Formica. Years before I had visited the Herreshoff
Marine Museum in Bristol, Rhode Island and was struck
by the handsomeness of their boats’ interiors, which
often featured stained wood trim and parts against
off-white painted surfaces. It’s a warm but light look,
comfortable, traditional. That’s what I went for in
Silverheels. Many of her broad interior surfaces are
now painted that same off-white, set off by the dark,
natural wood. And now, with the teak being freshly
cleaned & oiled, she’s looking very sweet, indeed.
Nathanael H. would be impressed.Tor
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