[arf145]

I know a couple of you have applied TeaQua to your exterior teak and I was hoping to get a performance report now that we've been through another summer. How's it doing? How long has it been on? Pictures?

And man I know this teak finish question has been beat into the floorboards but it is confusing to a newb like me. I'm taking ownership of an 87 Pearson 28 next week and the teak is sorry looking--appears to have been varnished and is 75% gone. No flooring here, just toe rails, hand holds, and companionway slats.

I know I could leave it natural--and that definitely appeals to my lazy side-- but I prefer a finished look, and one of my boat partners, my brother, definitely requires that. He favors tung oil, which he pictures as something you can just wipe a bit more oil on now and then. Is this true?

Anyway, the TeaQua sounds interesting. But I'll take all comers with a finish that looks at least a bit finished but doesn't require stripping, sanding, and 7 coats every year or two--a compromise that satisfies my lazy side, my want-to-sail-not-always-work-on-the-boat side, and my aesthetic side.

Tom