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Old 07-13-2009
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Originally Posted by eolon View Post
Personally, I'd rather be sailing, or drinking at anchor, than varnishing. =)
By that (very wise) logic we should just allow the teak to gray naturally, and pour a rum! I like it!

It fascinates me to look at the boats on our dock. They alternate, we have two with gleaming immaculate wood, and two that are a bit rough-looking. The sad part is that the two with gleaming wood, we've only seen one owner twice and the other for one week. Both must be too busy working to afford to pay the guys who maintain the teak, etc etc. One has been taped off ready to varnish for a MONTH, he hasn't started the job yet, and I'd hate to think about getting the tape back off after its baked in the sun (even though it's the green stuff that's supposed to release for <60 days). The slightly rough-looking ones are away from their slips almost every weekend.
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