How could anyone paint over teak 😭. It’s the perfect complement and a throwback to wooden Chris Craft days. Simon, the transformation was stunning. A lot of painstaking work for sure. I hope the new owner was blown away!
Haha right, I suppose every boater has their own style! It was a lot of sanding but the project was a blast from start to finish. The owner was very happy!
At your age, to be a master at your craft, I can only imagine what 10 years of experience will do for you. Clearly boats are a passion for you, its nice to see young folks take pride in their work as you do. New subscriber off this video alone. Thanks for the detail and God speed
Amazing video I have a 1973 43 foot Hatteras Yacht with lots of teak on it. You have inspired me to bring the teak back to it original look. I will start the process in about 30 days. Keep up the great work!
Love the video. I will be using the same sikkens natural finish Cetol marina varnish to refinish the teak on my sailboat. I have read that I should use a heat gun to scrape the old varnish off but I think I'll do the sanding route. After all my research tho I feel that maybe you should have used a cleaner And teak brightener on everything before applying the varnish. Do you think it may have come out even better had you done that?
Definitely sand the teak down and remove the varnish. I would never suggest scraping it off to anyone. Cetol is not a varnish it’s a stain and sealer system. Varnish is completely different, better for salt water and hotter environments. Either way you wouldn’t use a teak cleaner and/or brightener. You apply to bare wood. The outcome we had was exactly what was expected
Quick question. To clean the sanded teak prior to applying Sikkens product, you mention vacuuming, then wiping with water. Would wiping with mineral spirits work, too? My mild concern is trapping moisture under the Sikkens. Lots of moisture up here in the Pacific Northwest; the surfaces won't always dry as fast as other places.
Excellent walk-through as always; and appreciate you uploading! I'm currently looking at restoring my own teak on a '92 Grady. It does not have any paint - just old weathering. Do you still feel like using a 120 with the orbital is the way to go??
@@topdockpro You the man, sir! One other unrelated question: do you have any recommendations on how to get off oxidation on the adonized aluminum nerf bars/launchers? Mine are old & pitted beyond belief. Have been told brass wool works?
Honestly I don’t exactly know, but I remember it was relatively simple. I think we just used an impact drill and took off whatever was necessary bolt / screw
How could anyone paint over teak 😭. It’s the perfect complement and a throwback to wooden Chris Craft days. Simon, the transformation was stunning. A lot of painstaking work for sure. I hope the new owner was blown away!
Haha right, I suppose every boater has their own style! It was a lot of sanding but the project was a blast from start to finish. The owner was very happy!
Your attention to detail is priceless! Keep up the great work Simon.
Thank you! 🙌
At your age, to be a master at your craft, I can only imagine what 10 years of experience will do for you. Clearly boats are a passion for you, its nice to see young folks take pride in their work as you do. New subscriber off this video alone. Thanks for the detail and God speed
Thank you very much!
Epic restoration Simon. You can be counted on to do any project to it’s absolute highest level.
Thank you! Thanks for watching!
Amazing video I have a 1973 43 foot Hatteras Yacht with lots of teak on it. You have inspired me to bring the teak back to it original look. I will start the process in about 30 days. Keep up the great work!
That is awesome!
Hey William , did you get the teak done ? I know it’s a lot of work curious if you did ..
pretty easy - prep, sand, first coat, clear coat done
Correct! Looking back I would probably do 2 coats of sealer (clear)
Wonderful work!!
Thank you, turned out perfect!
Sikkens cetol does a good job on all my wood
Yes I’ve always noticed it does well up north off of fresh water
All that beautiful teak painted????? That's an outrage, glad you fixed it....
I know right! 🥺 All good now
Good stuff man, keep up the hard work!
Thanks for supporting the channel!
Great Work!!!
Thanks a lot!
Awesome Video!
Thank you! Glad you enjoyed :)
What did you use to clean up any Cetol that might have dropped on the deck matting? Just did mine but didn't use enough drop cloths.. Thanks
I didn’t run into this situation. I think you could try acetone.
Love the video. I will be using the same sikkens natural finish Cetol marina varnish to refinish the teak on my sailboat. I have read that I should use a heat gun to scrape the old varnish off but I think I'll do the sanding route. After all my research tho I feel that maybe you should have used a cleaner And teak brightener on everything before applying the varnish. Do you think it may have come out even better had you done that?
Definitely sand the teak down and remove the varnish. I would never suggest scraping it off to anyone. Cetol is not a varnish it’s a stain and sealer system. Varnish is completely different, better for salt water and hotter environments. Either way you wouldn’t use a teak cleaner and/or brightener. You apply to bare wood. The outcome we had was exactly what was expected
Nice work. Sanding takes a lot of time. Had the person who painted sanded and removed the varnish prior to painting, it would have 10 times the work.
Thanks! It was a fun project but certainly a lot of time in the sanding
How did you price this out? If you dont mind me asking.
Came out great what do you charge to do that? Or how should I charge to do teak?
I charged like $5k
Very nice job on the teak, who makes the adapter you are running on the dewalt to your vac? Looks much more solid than anything I am running.
ahhh, saw, you are running the filter, looking at that I think I can modify mine to go to the HEPA. Get dust in the water here and you are toast.
Yep just running to my filter! Where are you from?
@@topdockpro Southern California
Quick question. To clean the sanded teak prior to applying Sikkens product, you mention vacuuming, then wiping with water. Would wiping with mineral spirits work, too? My mild concern is trapping moisture under the Sikkens. Lots of moisture up here in the Pacific Northwest; the surfaces won't always dry as fast as other places.
Yes, mineral spirits or acetone is a better option!
how do you get the gloss to level out so you dont see raised grain?
I’m not understanding clearly. But I think the sanding is very important
what method do you recommend for stripping old cetol?@@topdockpro
How long does it last before you're having to do it again?
2-3 years on the Lake
Excellent walk-through as always; and appreciate you uploading! I'm currently looking at restoring my own teak on a '92 Grady. It does not have any paint - just old weathering. Do you still feel like using a 120 with the orbital is the way to go??
Yes that sounds like a good game plan!
@@topdockpro You the man, sir! One other unrelated question: do you have any recommendations on how to get off oxidation on the adonized aluminum nerf bars/launchers? Mine are old & pitted beyond belief. Have been told brass wool works?
Great job…that is a big payoff to remove all that paint
Yes it was a huge project!
How do you take off the swim platform wood inserts
Honestly I don’t exactly know, but I remember it was relatively simple. I think we just used an impact drill and took off whatever was necessary bolt / screw
4 screws on the underside
340 not 330
Yikes sorry
shit, just taking off the paint looks better
Yes it does haha
Too much fluff
Oh no! Thanks for watching and commenting
@@topdockpro ok