I would avoid hard shell finishes on teak, they tend to peel off, especially since you put a non-evaporating oil stain on there. If you want a gloss finish you should use teak or tung oil, or a chemically modified tung oil product like Waterlox. You can get Waterlox from the Bald Guy's site, just FYI. It's my #1 choice for a gloss penetrating oil finish.
Agreed. Teak is already a weatherproof wood and fairly oily. Oils are the best finish for it.
It's not really gloss I'm going for as much as preseravation . The unit is 60yrs old , I had it in a college house 19 yrs ago , and its been in a non climate controlled storage for 16 years . I've to replace the center structures in the chairs with poplar dowels .
I was thinking about shellacing the thing .
Shellac isn't very weather proof, and it is a hard shell as well. I would stay with a penetrating oil type of product. I think you can get both tung and teak oil at Home Depot or Lowes, etc. Probably even Walmart. Teak oil is more of a pure penetrant and you generally have to buff to get a gloss. It is also more expensive than tung oil, but it sounds like a quart will do what you have in mind with either product so it shouldn't be much difference.
Also , this will be an interior piece .
The biggest enemy to teak is sun and heat. It’s very weatherproof just from its natural oils, that’s why it is used so extensively in the marine industry. If it has been inside it might dry out a little but I would think most of the damage or dryness would be superficial. Teak oil is the right answer. I had a swimstep on a ski boat that I thought was a write off. Teak oil made it just like new. You would be surprised at how far a small bottle of oil lasts. The previous owner had put some sort of hard lacquer over it and it just peeled of in long strips so I would avoid that route.
So I can teak oil after the penetrating stain ?
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