Polishing Teak: Horses for Courses
We offer three different finishes for our teak work. They have different strengths and weaknesses and it is worth thinking carefully about the sort of performance you need and the level of care and maintenance you are prepared to carry out.
If you live in a hard water area we strongly recommend fitting a water softener as limescale will be more visible on timber surfaces than on white ceramics or composites.
We have listed the various finishing options and can email that to you on request: info@williamgarvey.co.uk
Oil
We use OSMO teak oil. It is a high-quality product formulated without biocides and is food safe when cured. This is one of a family vegetable based products which combine ease of application and a good resistance to water with ease of repair.
- Regular application is necessary to maintain effective protection of the timber surface
- Limescale remover will strip oil finish back to the bare wood
- There is no doubt it is hard work to maintain an oil polish that is repeatedly soaked as in a basin or bath. But it is a perfectly practical proposition in a piece of furniture that is no more than wiped clean with a damp cloth. In the early days a piece of furniture will benefit from regular oiling, but fairly rapidly the combination of oil, dust, light and oxidation that is the basis if patination will work its magic and within a year or two the surface will require almost no attention.
In summary, this finish requires a regular maintenance regime, but it is wonderfully easy to repair.
We have listed the various finishing options and can email that to you on request: info@williamgarvey.co.uk