Teak over cockpit

[imiller]

Recommendations for cleaning and staining teak over cockpit

 

[Godspeed]

We have a 2015 C30. We purchased the boat on Long Island and although it only had 40 hours on it exterior care was apparently not a priority of the former owner.

All that said we initially tied to sand the wood in place. That ended very quickly. We took the plywood down and sanded it in prep for a new finish. You must be very careful not to sand thru the thin exterior wood on the plywood.

I did a lot of research on the best marine coating and chose a 2 part varnish.

It has held up very well over the last 2 summers and looks as good as it did when we put up the refinished wood. I chose to make a template including screw holes of the plywood in case in the future I wanted to replace it with a completely new wood or synthetic material.

One caution, when sanding in between coats of the two part varnish be sure to use brass wool for the final finish prep between each coat.

Good luck.

 

[BradN]

We have a 2013 RT 31 CB. I just replaced the wood with 1/4" off white starboard, and it looks very clean- and no maintenance.

 

[Phil Nersessian]

I had pretty good luck using teak cleaner (to get rid of black spots) and a few coats of teak oil.

 

[AKranger]

Check out the Ranger Tug/Fluid Motion website for the "As the Prop Turns" media presentation under Spring Maintenance. I don't remember which part covers teak maintenance but it provides a procedure and recommended materials for cleaning and resurfacing.

 

[Bruce Moore]

As the Prop Turns - Spring Maintenance Part 1
As the Prop Turns - Spring Maintenance Part 2