Refinishing Teak Swim Deck

Looks good!

John,
Yes, Minwax and Watco are compatible.

Here 's Pics-
When I g0t boat

Today after some sanding


Pretty rough shape

Thanks Pete,
I will get some of that and try. The reason it is something other that Teak Oil is on the bottom it is really thinks along the edges as if it was put on think and ran over sides, kinda like when I put resin on wood. If that makes sense.

PO(Moron) looks to have painted mine with shellac; been sanding most of morning. Off to Lowes for more sandpaper

looks good. Now just reapply a coat of the Watco teak oil each spring, and you are good to go. Thats what I do.

Light pressure washing and WATCO - Comes out of the water looking exactly the same.

jterr wrote: Is there a difference between Watco and Teak Oil?

Watco brand and what's the other brand?

Is there a difference between Watco and Teak Oil?

AAM196 wrote: Haha.. I just returned from morning ski and will reiterate what others have said. DON'T over sand! I only used 60 grit and it was still a bit slick!

I take back what I said about it being too slick.. I was teaching kids hour ago standing on platform seemed good... better than prework. Though It needs another deep coat of Watco.

Haha.. I just returned from morning ski and will reiterate what others have said. DON'T over sand! I only used 60 grit and it was still a bit slick!

Watco is fine three to four coats were needed in my case. I have also used Starbrite and Amazon. I am hoping the Watco will last longer than the others.

Well.. the good news I will be able to launch the little ones with the combos off the platform with minimal friction!

Mine was to the point where I had to replace all the screws because the points were coming through. I am in salt water in SW Florida and we ride the heck out of this boat so whatever I do wont last long. I actually tuned up my block plane instead of a sander and in just a few light passes the deck was fresh-milled flat. Some Watco and it looked great for a couple months. The boat went in April and now in July the platform looks like ass again. Do it again next year I guess... maybe not.

Nice job! It looks great.

I lightly (key word) power washed mine a couple of years ago, followed by a light sanding and 3 coats of Watco and it still looks amazing.

Prior to my ownership the boat had been sitting outside uncovered for at least 3 years. On top of that somebody decided to polyurethane it years ago. I disassembled the entire platform, sanded each each piece with 60 > 80 >150 > 220 grit papers then brushed on a half a dozen coats of Watco Teak Oil (from Home Depot). I just started last weekend and I have to admit I'm pretty impressed with the results.









The other platform shown in the background was the original off my '79 Tique. Every board is either broken or riddled with holes. Seems someone tried to reinforce it by screwing on a couple pieces of 2x6 underneath. Since there isn't more then 6" of good wood anywhere I'm goign to take it apart and use it to cut new spacers to go on the refurbished platform. Saves me the time of sanding all 24 of those little buggers.

Mine wasn't in great shape, I did not take it apart and was able to get it to look nice by following the suggestions from the CCfans. It's not hard, fairly surprising how the teak responds.