teak deck

General Discussion
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i have some teak veneer lying around that feels so waxy that it got me thinking

how about glueing it to your (lighter lam) deck with applicable resin (vacuum bag it)

and leaving it unfinished...i'm sure it'll take a bit more surf wax nicely...scrape off all excess

and you'll feel like your walking barefoot on that yacht you're saving for

negligable weight gain when the veneer soaks...i think this would work...and look pretty cool too...

done or seen before? could compliment the current wood fashion?

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If there was glass cloth under the teak.But if you vac bag the teak it will infuse with resin and fill the poors in the wood unless you used minimal vac preasure. Something I have thought about but never got around to doing. I think useing minimal vac preasure would give the best results.

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Also, teak is a very oily wood, you might want to give it some actone so the resin will bond reasonably well.

Hope that's of use

doc...

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Also, teak is a very oily wood, you might want to give it some actone so the resin will bond reasonably well.

Hope that's of use

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ya know,,,,

I was thinking the same thing

it may peel off later in life no matter what you do to get it bonded

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No . Teak is very porous and the epoxy resin locks in very well. Thats how teak decks are put down on fiber glass boat hulls.

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i know about the oilyness (if thats a word) and have spoken to a composites supplier about it...he said he has just the glue for it...comes at a price...but is used by one of his customers to glue teak planking to the outside of a glassfibre hull...so it should stick...

what i do if i want to vacbag veneer to a surface without the resin seeping through is let he resin sit for a while on the surface to glue to till it gels a bit and then add the veneer...i am afraid of bonding issues to be honest and haven't done this on anything that takes a beating...although it seems to work reasonably well...i guess i should do some bonding tests to see what the effect is of waiting before 'clamping'

i have thought about waxing one side thoroughly, then applying minimal resin...preferably thick stuff...to the other....aplying generous resin to the substrate...waiting a bit again for that gelling to start...but less then i normally would...and then vacbagging...

it takes alot of attention to detail...

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If the teak does not have a paper backing,

wipe with acetone and bag the venners over the glass with epoxy.

you can knock down the edges of the veneers and

back fill with black pigmented epoxy and get

the caulked teak deck look(black 5200 also works)

Have you considered  using 5200 to stick the veneers down?

Tape well, wear gloves and clothes you don’t care about.

Pete

 

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No . Teak is very porous and the epoxy resin locks in very well. Thats how teak decks are put down on fiber glass boat hulls.

thanks Ogre

thats good to know

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i used some teak on my first HWS - polyester resin was a nightmare to bond onto the teak, it just wouldn't cure - i'm sure it wasn't a mix problem as it cured on planks next to it (parana pine). Resin Research epoxy worked perfectly first time - wish i'd read WoodOgres comment ths time last year, it would have saved me a heap of time!