I picked up a nice teak table and chairs from a guy on CL for practically nothing. The chairs are nice and thankfully have not been treated with anythign so a simple cleaning is all they need. The table however has some sort of army green stain/paint on it. Its a nice solid table but its ugly as sin, I never understood why anyone would paint or stain teak, it makes no sense at all. Anyway I've dealt with refinishing teak before but I've never had to remove paint or stain from it. It doesnt have a coat of varnish on top or anything, just that ugly green crap, whatever it may be. Do you guys have any idea how I might go about removing the color so I can get it back to how it is supposed to be?
Thanks Sonny! I'll try scrubbing it first and if that doesnt do it I'll grab some stripper. Is there any stripper in particular that is better than another? The color thankfully is only on the legs and the top so hopefully it wont be to much work. I think someone was planning on painting the whole set and then after the table they realized how ugly it was and gave up. I cant complain though, I got the 8 foot table, 6 reclining chairs and a nice outdoor fireplace for a whole $60.
My folks always used zip strip, forby's is good stuff too.
Good luck, you have a lot of hard work ahead of you. Re-finishing wood is tough. I would probably just bring it to work and blast it but that would probobly ruin it.:hide:
When I was much younger I use to clean teak on boats. As already said, it is mostly elbow grease. There are a lot of stuff you should not use. Look up on the net Marine Teak Deck cleaning and it will give you a good idea. Do not use a pressure washer.
I had a couple sailboats in younger times... One of them had this "weatherproofing" stuff applied to the teak. Sounds a lot like what you're describing.
First do no harm... Go to the Marine $tore and buy a good "teak cleaner". Start with that, I bet it gets it with a couple applications if it's not paint.
Good luck with it - in any case, that was a KILLER deal!!
I do a little wood working and from what I have read about teak for building purposes is that special care needs to be taken with teak glue joints because of the natural oil in the wood. z
I would have to think painting would be the same.
My point is that the paint may not be adhered very well and may come off with some light sanding once you get it going.
I would check that out first before I try stripers
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