I gave up on mine and sealed with epoxy and painted them off white. Actually looks really nice.
John McCrea Sent from my iPhone > On Jul 10, 2022, at 10:54 AM, Dennis C. via CnC-List <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > Drat. It is with profound sadness that I announce a failure of the Cetol on > one of Touche's handrails. Sniff. I noticed some moderate separation near > one of the loop bases. It had been 12-15 years since I applied that Cetol. > > I had diligently applied a maintenance coat of Cetol Gloss every six months > until last year. I had skipped a couple of the six months maintenance coats > of gloss because I was rebuilding our flood damaged house. Not sure if that > was the cause or it would have happened anyway. > > The remaining pieces of teak; the taffrail, companionway trims and hatch > boards continue to hold up well. The cabin top cap rails have some small > areas of separation on the underside but that's routine and due to the fact > that they were not removed and stripped prior to Cetol application. Because > of that, they're not completely encapsulated. That is, the Cetol doesn't > continue under the teak leaving a small gap where the cap rail meets the > fiberglass. > > As for the handrails, I removed them, stripped them using a heat gun and > painters knife, finish sanded them, removed surface oils with acetone and am > now applying several coats of Cetol which will be followed by several coats > of Cetol Gloss. With the handrails removed, the Cetol will fully encapsulate > the teak. > > My concern now is the color difference between the handrails and the cap > rails. Will it irritate me enough to strip the cap rails and re-apply Cetol? > > > I really don't want to remove the cap rails. They're fastened from above > with plugs. Adds another level of work. Stripping them and running a bead > of sealant down the teak/fiberglass interface is a compromise solution that > will last for years. > > -- > Dennis C. > Touche' 35-1 #83 > Mandeville, LA
