Thanks, I will be very careful. I am guessing this teak is original 1973.
The best solution here is varnish often and try to avoid the epoxy. I got inspired to varnish more often reading all the posts. Its currently 20 degrees here so I might have to wait a bit. My only worry now is whether varnish cracks in the cold..................... On Dec 8, 5:53 am, "e b" <[email protected]> wrote: > Bob, > > I havent followed the discussion from the beginning so I don't know what kind > of wood you are varnishing, having worked on fleets of yachts professionally > and done lots of varnish and myself being raised from age six on a sailboat > all over the world ( 51 now..) and still having 6 boats of various sizes > including a uniflite I have seen my share of horror stories... > teak can be temperamental and because of its oily nature make sure to wipe it > really well with lacquer thinner or acetone to remove as much oil as you can > before varnishing, it is more of a problem with "newer" teak but I have seen > beautiful varnish jobs ruined by huge blisters, some as big as 12" diameter > when the varnish decides to let go of the wood because of the oil preventing > the varnish from sticking to the wood and penetrating the grain... and it's > a shame to see 10 or more coats of flawless varnish bubble up and ruin weeks > of work because someone didn't take 2 minutes to wipe the surface down.. > eric > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Bob S<mailto:[email protected]> > To: UnifliteWorld<mailto:[email protected]> > Sent: Monday, December 07, 2009 3:37 PM > Subject: [UnifliteWorld] Re: Any suggestions > > Thanks everyone. > > I agree on the cetol description. Looks terrible when compared to a > good varnish job. > > So first I am going to be much more proactive with the re-varnishing. > I just retired so now I don't have an excuse. (I spent the last 6 > years working out of town and on airplanes) > > If I do have to go back to bare wood I will try using a penetrating > epoxy. It really sounds like the right idea. You all know that the > slightest split in the varnish ends up discoloring all the way into > the wood. The epoxy should help that. > > I have saved these strings in case they are needed. > > Thanks again. > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "UnifliteWorld" group. > To post to this group, send email to > [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>. > For more options, visit this group > athttp://groups.google.com/group/unifliteworld?hl=en<http://groups.google.com/group/unifliteworld?hl=en>. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "UnifliteWorld" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/unifliteworld?hl=en.
