Teak restore?

[kmac]

Hi Guys, what is the best product to restore the teak deck on my 2003 22V?
As always thanks for your help.

[chadster2]

This has gone around a few times this year... I'm a sander... after putting a fat sac on my deck all winter and letting the mold take the finish off, I'll be doing the strip thing next year.

[spyderwebb]

When I bought my boat the previous owner gave me a Star Brite kit, comes with a bottle of cleaner, brightener, and oil. I used it once so far, worked good. I will do it again next season as part of the de-winterization.

[Fit to be Tige]

x2 on Starbrite. When I bought the boat 4 years ago or so, I had to use all the steps including some sanding, now I just keep up with the oil and brighten it every spring.

[laserfish]

I use a product called "Teak Guard". Works fantastic and lasts longer than anything else I have tried.

[petrey10]

what grit are you guys sanding with?? Are you sanding by hand or with belt sander?

[chadster2]

I fear the belt sander... I use an orbital 80 grit and keep using after paper is mostly full.

[Joeprunc]

I'm working on mine right now...used the teak cleaner (more like a stripper) with a brush. It worked great, it is amazing how much crap was removed. Then used a little sand paper with cleaner (by hand). I didn't use a brightener and went straight to teak oil. I've applied several coats, my teak was thirsty! Looks good as new!

[Joeprunc]

Ahhh...I took a look at the finish today around lunch...not too great .

It looks like there are water spots on the teak but only in certain sections...I'm thinking I didn't let the teak dry enough before applying the oil. Or maybe it was because the teak was in direct sun light. Well round two of scrubbing and sanding. I'm going to let it dry out over night, and try to apply it with out the sun on it.

[Oklahoma Breakdown]

I went the belt sander route and had great results. My 99' had been in rough shape, was grey and had mold spots all over it. After 2 seasons of using the acidic cleaner it became clear the only way to make it look better was more tlc. The biggest lesson I learned was to take the entire platform apart. If you don't then you will see less restored spots in the small cracks and if you are like me it will drive you nuts. As a result, my project took longer than it should b/c I tried to just restore the top at first.
When I dissasembled the deck I used a marker on the underside to label all the pieces so that there were no mistakes putting it all back together.

I believe I started with 60 grit and went up to 120 200+ from there. It is true that belt sanders can be scary so I wouldnt attempt without a lot of focus and a steady hand!

Sorry I didnt take more pics but i have an old shot of the back and a finished pic here.
Before

After (no teak oil yet)

[Joeprunc]

I ended up stripping it again last night, using 100 then 200 grit paper with a circular sander. The sand paper get gunked up quickly, make sure you have several sheets! The water spot looking areas, were areas where the teak was bad and needed to be refinished. The cleaner didn't cut it, but the sanding did.

Two light coats of teak oil and it looks amazing, especially for a 15 year old deck!

[mtnsmith]

KKO at Forte's also posted quite the process that brought his florida sun damaged deck back beautifully.