Cetol colors

[Nancy]

The exterior trim on our Trojan F-32 is finished with Cetol. Each year, I touch up as needed, and at times I completely refinish. When going back to bare wood, I never do everything at once.

At this point, the cockpit rails need refinishing. Since Cetol has been used on this boat for many years, the color is the original orangey-brown. It looks very good, but I'm wondering if I should start switching over to Natural Teak. I think I'd like the color better, and Natural Teak is a new formula that's supposed to hold up better.

The problem is that I've never seen the Natural Teak color. Will it blend acceptably with original Cetol Marine? Or is the contrast likely to be awful? The boat has a cap rail at the cockpit coaming, so there is other Cetol-finished wood in close proximity.

Nancy

 

[Ductboy]

Nancy-

I refinshed my covering boards around the cockpit with the natural teak this summer and it looked really great. I am used to working with Epiphanes varnish on teak, and this was the first time I used the Cetol product. It flowed very nicely. Like anything the additional prep work paid off.

It took about 4 coats to start to build a depth equal to about 2 coats of varnish. I have heard that top coating the natural teak with Cetol gloss is the way to go, but I did not have the time to spend.
the finish was on for about two months before the boat was pulled and it held up nicely to some moderate foot traffic.

Overall I was happy with the results. I think recoating in the sping should be a snap.

Dan

 

[ronbo1]

Cetol Natural Teak looks more 'natural' than Cetol Marine(less orangy) so the difference may be noticeable in close proximity applications..

Topcoating either one with Cetol Gloss makes it look great and the only maintenance is an annual coat of Gloss.

However, Practical Sailor magazine found that Natural Teak doesn't hold up as good as Marine long term.

Ronbo

 

[Nancy]

I really like the Gloss topcoat. It gives a nice sparkly finish. I usually have to touch up with both the satin and gloss as there are always some dings down to bare wood.

Ronbo, I think you've made my decision for me. I might be able to live with the color difference, but not if the Natural Teak doesn't hold up as well. Sikkens claims it's better. Thanks for the input.

Nancy