Hello Tom & Jane I'm a long time viewer, first time poster! I have a new M15 that I have been detailing the Teak for much too long now but I have found that I very much like the Cetol Marine Lite. It has a shiney, milky coat that is not too dark. I use 4 to 5 coats on each piece depending on the area. It seals the wood but breathes too. You must use a mask because the fumes are nasty. To start, clean the teak wood with Acetone to remove the previous stuff. Sand it smooth. I used Synthethic Steel Wool by 3M 000 eqivent that I found a local hardware store. Apply the Cetol Marine Lite then wait 24 hours at least before rubbing down with paper towels. Then sand lightly with the Synthethic Steel Wool 3M 000. Its also best to tape off the wood with the 3M blue stuff unless you have lots of time to clean up the mess on the gell coat! Peter Deffenbacher M15-618 Peanut Message: 1 Date: Tue, 19 Aug 2003 08:15:05 -0700 From: "Smith, Tom" <Tom.Smith@itron.com> Subject: RE: M_Boats: Teak hatch boards and toe rail To: "For and about Montgomery Sailboats" <montgomery_boats@mailman.xmission.com> Message-ID: <E15906480B361D4BAA27ADC6EDCAB9EE023C71@spokane-mx3.itron.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Jesse, I bought unfinished 3-piece hatch boards from Bob Eeg. If I remember right, they were in the $120 range. I didn't do this, but I'd highly recommend coating them well with epoxy prior to finishing them--even though they are billed as marine grade, mine delaminated a bit at one corner (Bob warned me to water proof them thoroughly, but I apparently didn't do a good enough job.). Maybe someone on the list can remind me of the name of the fellow back east who owns or works at the sea kayak outfit. He's contributed a good bit of information regarding refinishing things... t Tom Smith & Jane Van Winkle Sandpoint, Idaho M15-345, Chukar