Thanks Ray and Lew for the responses. The problem is that the teak is
part of a friend's almost new (2 seasons old) boat, and he was looking
forward to restoring the wood to match the rest of the trim that borders
up against it. The wood is actually on the inside of the boat, but it is
exposed to the elements due to its position around the companionway. The
wood and finish bleached and deteriorated to a yellowish/whitish, gritty
crappy look around the edges where directly exposed. If it were my boat,
I'd use the best UV varnish and be done with it, but since its an
expensive boat and its new, he feels dissapointed and angry (I think
rightly so) with Pearson for a using crappy interior finish on an
obstensively exterior surface, and although he's a realist, he wants his
boat to stay looking new as long as practical.
My problem with this is that I will be the one to have to refinish it
again, so I want the best protection with ease of long-term upkeep (and
that rules out hard finishes), and he wants a color match. I've sanded
down to bare wood, but I can tell there is depth of penetration by the
old finish into the grain of the wood, but I cannot sand any deeper
without potential damage to the shape.
So my question is, can I varnish over wood that has previously been
poly'd (again, that's a guess that the finish is poly), and will it hold
up as well as varnish over new bare wood?
Thanks Ray for the name of that book, I will look for it.
Thanks again,
Red