Painting Teak

[nobles9596]

Has anyone eliminated varnishing their teak by painting it? Im thinking of painting my cap rail. (gunwhale) Love to see pictures if anyone has done this.

 

[Comodave]

I just posted some photos to the bright work cost thread.

 

[HopCar]

I remember one day someone came into our store and asked my Dad what is best to put on teak. Without saying a word my Dad grabbed a can off the shelf and put it down in front of the customer. It was a can of Interlux Salmon Buff enamel.

 

[MurrayM]

I remember one day someone came into our store and asked my Dad what is best to put on teak. Without saying a word my Dad grabbed a can off the shelf and put it down in front of the customer. It was a can of Interlux Salmon Buff enamel.

Could it have Sundown Buff? (Couldn't find Salmon Buff).

 

[HopCar]

Could it have Sundown Buff? (Couldn't find Salmon Buff).

Salmon buff was discontinued years ago but it was popular in its time. Sundown buff would be nice on wood.

The guy was expecting my Dad to recommend a varnish or oil. He was surprised when my a Dad suggested paint.

Richard on Dauntless painted his teak. You should ask him how he likes it.

 

[Comodave]

We went with white paint and love it.

 

[BruceK]

I once painted the teak slats of a new wrought iron garden bench. Oil primer, undercoat,2 gloss topcoats. Looked beautiful. Then it all lifted off. Good luck with it.

 

[JohnS]

Teak is an oily wood, when fresh, or freshly sanded. I have read that cleaning it with acetone can help the paint stay on.
We painted our gunwale cap after I realized that I did not have room on the side deck to sand it for re varnishing.
It had been sanded and bare wood for 1.5 yrs when we bought it.
Used a Pettit oil polyurethane, primer and 2 color coats, and it is still solid 1+ years later.
Good luck. John

 

[FF]

Since eventually the boat will be sold,slather on a couple of coats of varnish to seal the teal, then paint away.

The next owner may love teak , and will be delighted how easy the paint comes off.

Personally I LOVE teak, but only to see on other folks boats.

 

[Jmreim]

might you have any pics of your white painted areas that had been varnished? thinking of doing the same -

 

[Comodave]

So far we have painted the handrails on the sundeck, some trim on the sundeck and the toe rails above the rub rail. We love the new look, it really makes the boat look cleaner and more modern.

 

[Jmreim]

Looks beautiful!!! Sorry to overwhelm you with questions but . . .
Are the pained areas teak?
Has the paint adhered well?
Assume you stripped off varnish to do this?
Did you prime or just use multiple coats of paint?
What paint do you use?
How do you maintain it?
have you found paint to be more durable than varnish?
Any tips/trick you might share?
Thx -
Jim

 

[Comodave]

Looks beautiful!!! Sorry to overwhelm you with questions but . . .
Are the pained areas teak?
Has the paint adhered well?
Assume you stripped off varnish to do this?
Did you prime or just use multiple coats of paint?
What paint do you use?
How do you maintain it?
have you found paint to be more durable than varnish?
Any tips/trick you might share?
Thx -
Jim

Yes they are teak. So far it has held up great, some going on 3 years. We sanded to bare wood with 120 on a DA sander. Wiped with acetone just before priming. Then 2 coats of Interlux PreKote with 220 in between coats and before top coat. Then 3 coats of Interlux Brightside with 320 between coats. I wash it to maintain it. I think it is going to be much more durable than varnish. I expect it to loose some gloss in 5 to 6 years, maybe more. Then it will be a 320 sand and one more coat of paint. No particular tips or tricks, I just followed Interlux’s directions as closely as I could.

 

[Jmreim]

did you consider an AwlGrip finish instead of conventional paint?

 

[Comodave]

did you consider an AwlGrip finish instead of conventional paint?

No, I didn’t want to go to that much work.

 

[HopCar]

did you consider an AwlGrip finish instead of conventional paint?

Awl Grip is hard to make work well on wood. Awl Grip is very hard and not very flexible. On wood it tends to crack at every joint in the wood. Wood moves too much.