"Terry K" wrote in message
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I have used castoff aluminium guttering to heat / steam wood. By
folding the ends up just so to retain the water and using two pieces,
one as a lid, sitting on a couple of camp stoves, I was able to boil
teak. Then I found out that teak does not benefit from steaming.
Still, the method was satisfactory in principal.

Terry K

Teak certainly benefits from steaming, if your purpose is to bend the teak.

I have steam bent teak for rails, frames, inwales gunwales etc. for my
lapstrake boats.

Most wood will take steam better if it is not kiln dried.

...Ken