I think it would depend on what type of paint you intend to use and the instructions for the paint. I would think that an oil-based paint would be best but I’m certainly no paint expert.
In a way, it seems like a shame to paint over teak but I guess if it lightens up the cabin, why not? Bob Bob Boyer s/v Rainy Days C&C Landfall 38 (Hull # 230) (Spending winters in the Bahamas, summers in Baltimore, and somewhere on the ICW in between) blog: dainyrays.blogspot.com email: dainyr...@icloud.com > On Feb 13, 2020, at 5:15 PM, Charlie Nelson via CnC-List > <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: > > You got me thinking that this may work for me—paint it white except for teak > trim. That might eliminate the stains by painting over them and then just > sand/varnish/cleanup the teak trim. > > Do I need any surface prep on the teak (oiled ~8+ years ago) before I paint? > > Sent from AOL Mobile Mail > Get the new AOL app: mail.mobile.aol.com > > On Tuesday, February 11, 2020, Della Barba, Joe via CnC-List > <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: > > Perhaps not what you want to hear, but I used gloss white latex porch paint > in the head on water stained teak and it worked great. > > > > > > Joe Della Barba Coquina C&C 35 MK I > > www.dellabarba.com > > > > > > > > From: CnC-List [mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com] On Behalf Of Charlie > Nelson via CnC-List > Sent: Tuesday, February 11, 2020 5:09 PM > To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com > Cc: cenel...@aol.com > Subject: [EXTERNAL] Stus-List Interior teak water stains > > > > My interior teak has never been varnished or polyurethaned (?)--It was > originally oiled and I re-oiled it once or twice many years ago. > > > > I would like to apply some Epiphanes to all of it--and there is a lot of it > inside my 1995 C&C! However, much of it has 'water stains' from various leaks > over the years--most of which are now sealed. > > > > My question for the list is how or whether to remove these stains--they are > not like water marks left by a glass on a wooden table. They are mostly on > vertical surfaces and run vertically. There are enough of them to make > sanding them a formidable job so I want to be sure that sanding would be > necessary. > > > > Some web videos show using heat (iron, blow dryers, etc.) to drive the > remaining water out and make the stain disappear which is easy enough to try. > > > > Anyone on the list have suggestions to reduce the scale of this job--putting > several coats of varnish on all of it would be a formidable job in > itself--adding sanding to the surface prep, which I realize is probably the > most important part of the job, could make it virtually impossible! > > > > Charlie Nelson > > Water Phantom > > 1995 C&C XL/kcb > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Thanks everyone for supporting this list with your contributions. Each and > every one is greatly appreciated. If you want to support the list - use > PayPal to send contribution -- https://www.paypal.me/stumurray > > _______________________________________________ > > Thanks everyone for supporting this list with your contributions. Each and > every one is greatly appreciated. If you want to support the list - use > PayPal to send contribution -- https://www.paypal.me/stumurray >
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