Need help with Teak Retreatment

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Bill McAdam

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For you yacht owners out there.
I've got a teak deck in my apartment (in the shower) that I need to bleach and retreat.
Can I use just standard household bleach? The underside of the decking hasn't been cleaned very much, if at all and it's pretty black and icky. No real reason to bleach the top, but I might hit it with a weak solution, just to be cautious.
I'm going to retreat with Teak Oil afterwards.

Any advice?
 
Bill ,at your local hardware, you can get TSP,(Trisodium Phosphate),mix triple strength in warm water and apply with scrub brush,keeping the wood wet the entire time.All the guck will wash out of the wood.After drying,sand if rough,clean off dust and apply golden teak oil,or Sikkens Cetol which is a more permanent finish($35 qT),WITH A FOAM BRUSH.THE TEAK OIL IS MUCH CHEAPER,DOES A GOOD JOB,but you need to touch it up more often.If you can't find Teak oil local,go to West Marine site.There may be a store near you.
 
Thanks, Joe.
I'll try to get TSP. I bought Meguiar's Gold Teak Oil to do the finishing job. Will that suffice? Think True Value or somebody like that would have TSP? I'm pretty sure it's carried as a painting prep supply, right?
 
Wear rubber gloves with that tsp. I washed some walls at home with it before painting and figured since I never wear gloves for any construction project, cement, roofing, drywalling etc...that nothing could bother my tough ass hands. That tsp peeled the hide off them. You might look at a "deck cleaner" since they tend to foam the crud out of the pores of the wood and do bleach a bit for consistent color.
 
Bill,the Gold teak oil will be fine,just follow directions.Do what Lee advised about the gloves.This product should be available in your local hardwear store.This comes on a recommendation from Crawford Boatbuiklding.Roger has been dealing with Teak for forty years and it boiled down to the TSP.Keep it wet.It will foam the dirt right out.Brush with the grain.You can buy two part teak cleaner for more money but not better results.
 
To clean the teak you can use diswasher soap. Mix it in water to desolve and then clean the teak with a brush. This is a lot less harsh on the wood compared to regular teak cleaner.

Good luck
 
You are right on TA.
Use the mildest soap that works. Let it dry and then sand lightly with 80 grit. Use many coats of oil and it may last a little while. I love seeing teak on someone elses boats etc. I am going to replace all of the teak on my Grady Wite with Starboard Wood.

Lots of luck,
Harry
 
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