KLC Lewis wrote:

I plan to use that "PlasTeek" stuff to replace the wooden grabrails on
Essie. Not because I have a problem with keeping up with varnish on them
(relatively minor compared with the rest of my wood trim), but because I
don't want to put varnish on them -- too slippery for a hand-hold. A couple
of years ago I stripped them down to bare wood and treated them with
Penetrol, but I'd need to recoat them once a month or so in active sailing
and that's too much work for me. Don't know that I'd use it extensively, but
I do use Marine Grade HDPE all over the boat. It's great stuff, and nothing
will stick to it.

No "PlasTeek" or real teak for me. Give me 316
Stainless steel handrails. Then all I've got to
do is keep them bedded so they don't leak ;-)

Don W.