Capt Kangeroo
Senior Member
Can anyone advise me on what I should do here, I am refinishing the teak on the enclosed aft deck. I have chemically stripped and scraped the old Cetol off, then scrubbed it with Starbright cleaner #1, rinsed then scrubbed with Starbright lightener #2 and rinsed again. The teak looks fabulous.
QUESTION: Do I need to also sand the floor? The stripper & scraping left a very smooth uniform finish and the Starbright left it super clean. The Cetol can says sand to 220 but is it really necessary? If I do sand it all, can I just rinse the deck off to clean it rather than trying to vacuum every speck of dust or will this just raise the grain if I wet it. I just cant see how I'm going to clean the entire area dust free without washing?
What has everybody else done at this point?
QUESTION: Do I need to also sand the floor? The stripper & scraping left a very smooth uniform finish and the Starbright left it super clean. The Cetol can says sand to 220 but is it really necessary? If I do sand it all, can I just rinse the deck off to clean it rather than trying to vacuum every speck of dust or will this just raise the grain if I wet it. I just cant see how I'm going to clean the entire area dust free without washing?
What has everybody else done at this point?