I just bought a Columbia 23 sailboat. It needs some work on the faded
teak and the barebones interior could use some sprucing up. I'm new to
this kinda thing and have been confused a little. I've seen pictures on
websites of teak that has been sanded to good wood and treated with gold
teak oil and it is a pretty golden color. The teak on the outside of my
boat looks like it would turn out this way. The bulkheads however are
new and the teak is very dark, as is the rest of the interior. Are there
two different types of teak? All the teak the local west marine sells is
dark, like the inside of my boat. Where do I get the pretty light golden
teak I've seen in pictures? I need some for the outside of the boat.

Secondly is there a teak stain somewhere that I can use to stain the
inside portion of the cabin doors so the interior matches when the
entrance is covered?

Thirdly where are the best shops to try to find teak veneer or teak
panelling to put up in the walls of the cabin?

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John Garrison wrote:
I just bought a Columbia 23 sailboat. It needs some work on the faded
teak and the barebones interior could use some sprucing up. I'm new to
this kinda thing and have been confused a little. I've seen pictures
on
websites of teak that has been sanded to good wood and treated with
gold
teak oil and it is a pretty golden color. The teak on the outside of
my
boat looks like it would turn out this way. The bulkheads however are
new and the teak is very dark, as is the rest of the interior. Are
there
two different types of teak? All the teak the local west marine sells
is
dark, like the inside of my boat. Where do I get the pretty light
golden
teak I've seen in pictures? I need some for the outside of the boat.

I've never seen teak that is other than golden brown. Gets lighter with
exposure to light.
____________________

Secondly is there a teak stain somewhere that I can use to stain the
inside portion of the cabin doors so the interior matches when the
entrance is covered?

Stain can make wood darker but not lighter. If what you have is teak and it
has been stained your recourse would be to remove the finish, sand out the
stain, reapply a finish. If what you have is ply with a thin veneer you
probably wouldn't be able to sand enough to remove stain.
____________________

Thirdly where are the best shops to try to find teak veneer or teak
panelling to put up in the walls of the cabin?

Constantines is a good one for veneer
www.constantines.com/
also...
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=teak+veneer
but veneer wouldn't work...you need something stiffer.

Maurice Condon in NY is good for all types of ply and solid wood.

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Some good advise in the posts above. I would caution you
to stay away from the caustic teak cleaners, they can really
do a number on your teak.

Bill


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John Garrison wrote:
I just bought a Columbia 23 sailboat. It needs some work on the faded
teak and the barebones interior could use some sprucing up. I'm new to
this kinda thing and have been confused a little. I've seen pictures
on
websites of teak that has been sanded to good wood and treated with
gold
teak oil and it is a pretty golden color. The teak on the outside of
my
boat looks like it would turn out this way. The bulkheads however are
new and the teak is very dark, as is the rest of the interior. Are
there
two different types of teak? All the teak the local west marine sells
is
dark, like the inside of my boat. Where do I get the pretty light
golden
teak I've seen in pictures? I need some for the outside of the boat.

I've never seen teak that is other than golden brown. Gets lighter with
exposure to light.
____________________

Secondly is there a teak stain somewhere that I can use to stain the
inside portion of the cabin doors so the interior matches when the
entrance is covered?

Stain can make wood darker but not lighter. If what you have is teak and
it
has been stained your recourse would be to remove the finish, sand out the
stain, reapply a finish. If what you have is ply with a thin veneer you
probably wouldn't be able to sand enough to remove stain.
____________________

Thirdly where are the best shops to try to find teak veneer or teak
panelling to put up in the walls of the cabin?

Constantines is a good one for veneer
www.constantines.com/
also...
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=teak+veneer
but veneer wouldn't work...you need something stiffer.

Maurice Condon in NY is good for all types of ply and solid wood.

--

dadiOH
____________________________

dadiOH's dandies v3.06...
...a help file of info about MP3s, recording from
LP/cassette and tips & tricks on this and that.
Get it at http://mysite.verizon.net/xico

There are considerable colour variations with teak. Naturally dark teak is
generally more dense than lighter coloured teak.
Different regions of Myanmar (Burma) yield teak of differing colours; dry
climate grown teak verses wet climate grown teak.
Some teak has what is called 'black streak' and this is found more often in
some regions of Myanmar than others.

Some fresh sawn teak comes off the mill greenish and stinking; the Thais
call this 'Khee mai' which translates as "wood that smells like chicken
sh*t."
Sun and air causes this bad smelling green teak to oxidize and turn that
attractive teak brown colour you are used to seeing.
All my fresh sawn teak sits in the sun for 24 hours to turn colour prior to
shipping.

Your question concerned having a dark teak. I would sand the surface first
and see what is underneath the surface, it may not be that dark.

Golden teak is a characteristic of teak that naturally occurs in a few
specific regions/altitudes of Myanmar. Mid 'brown colour' teak is the norm.

Matching 'teak' on an existing boat can be problematic because the 'teak'
may not be teak at all, but something passed off as 'teak' such as
'Phillipine mahogany' is passed off as true mahogany.......which it is not.
There is also the plantation teak that can take on lighter/darker colour
depending on the fertilizer and general growing conditions.

Western red cedar is somewhat similar........ you can fine light coloured
red cedar and very dark red cedar. The dark is generally regarded as
superior.

Personally, I set aside my dense, dark teak to keep for myself.

........Ken / Island Teak (Canada)