Choosing stain for teak furniture

[anduter 14]

Hello,

Could you recommend a good stain for teak furniture?

I offered Ready Seal, and left few samples. The HO played with them, and found out that even after a week of drying, it still leave marks on paper towel.

Should I offer WTW?

Did anyone used WTW on teak furniture?

Thanks,

[RPetry 564]

Andre,

If the Ready Seal did not dry within 24 hours, the teak is not prepped and ready for a penetrating stain. The following picture is a teak set that we prepped and stained this year.

Sodium percarbonate wood cleaner applied, followed by a low pressure rinse and citric acid brightener. Ready Seal light brown applied to the teak by hand using lambswool pads.

The Ready Seal was dry and the furniture ready to be used in about 8 hours.

[Beth n Rod 1,279]

In the past we have used Cabot's ATO on teak. Since the VOC changes it doesn't hold up as well from what we have found. We began using Wood Tux on teak, and have found it to be very durable.

Beth

[anduter 14]

Thank you guys!

I'll do both. My other client has teak furniture too.

Let see which set will perform better ;)

[anduter 14]

OK. Sorry, it took me a wile.

1st furniture set: cleaning with precarb, neutralized twice, RS Dark Red lambwooled twice.

[anduter 14]

2nd set: hand sanded, light stripped, pH balanced, lambwooled WTW Sugar Brown.

[Chappy 138]

Teak bench with WTW Warm Honey Gold

[anduter 14]

Jon,

Looks nice! Is it first coating, or you maintain this furniture regularly?

I was wondering how long WTW will last in heavy sun/moisture conditions.

Thanks,

[tunatussle 14]

Why not get teak oil? I do my furniture set each spring at the shore and it lasts all summer. I also use on the boat coaming boards and it lasts about 3 months then scrub across gain with ammonia and reseal. If you want to seal it use Semco teak sealer. The boat deck surface lasts a full season in salt water conditions with lots of fish blood having hit it.