Dave Beauchesne
02-22-2010, 1:22 PM
Greetings:
I usually hang around the Neanderthal Forum, but have a query regarding a friends teak railing on his Shamrock power boat.
The teak railing runs along each side, and parallels the stern in a bit of an arc; the curved pieces are butt jointed about a 1/4 inch after they make the corner to go up both the port and starboard sides.
The railing was black, so he removed it ( in one piece ) and dried it out in his house for a couple of months - while moving it into the shop, the wooden dowels on the butt joints on one side broke - they were rotten and the wood species is not distinguishable.
The rail is about 2 1/4'' wide by an inch thick.
He wants to scrape and sand it, drill out the rotten dowels, replace them, and can fabricate a stainless plate to set into a chiselled recess inder the butt joint to strenghthen it. He plans to use Sikkens Light as a finish.
Questions:
1) Moisture content of the wood - I don't have a moisture meter, but can you give me pointers as to MC % before refinishing - I am guessing 8 - 10 %, but - - -
2) We can spin new teak dowels easily to repair the butt joint - is something else better? Teak plugs are a given where necessary.
3) Glue - he has heard Polyurethane ( Gorilla glue ) - what is the best?
4) Is Sikkens Light a good finish for teak?
5) Should there be an acetone wipe before glue / finish application to get rid of some of the surface oils?
Any info will be helpful - I hope my description was OK!
Thanks;
Dave Beauchesne
I usually hang around the Neanderthal Forum, but have a query regarding a friends teak railing on his Shamrock power boat.
The teak railing runs along each side, and parallels the stern in a bit of an arc; the curved pieces are butt jointed about a 1/4 inch after they make the corner to go up both the port and starboard sides.
The railing was black, so he removed it ( in one piece ) and dried it out in his house for a couple of months - while moving it into the shop, the wooden dowels on the butt joints on one side broke - they were rotten and the wood species is not distinguishable.
The rail is about 2 1/4'' wide by an inch thick.
He wants to scrape and sand it, drill out the rotten dowels, replace them, and can fabricate a stainless plate to set into a chiselled recess inder the butt joint to strenghthen it. He plans to use Sikkens Light as a finish.
Questions:
1) Moisture content of the wood - I don't have a moisture meter, but can you give me pointers as to MC % before refinishing - I am guessing 8 - 10 %, but - - -
2) We can spin new teak dowels easily to repair the butt joint - is something else better? Teak plugs are a given where necessary.
3) Glue - he has heard Polyurethane ( Gorilla glue ) - what is the best?
4) Is Sikkens Light a good finish for teak?
5) Should there be an acetone wipe before glue / finish application to get rid of some of the surface oils?
Any info will be helpful - I hope my description was OK!
Thanks;
Dave Beauchesne