+1 on Arm-R-Seal. Personally, I wouldn't use a water based poly on a nice furniture piece...to me it has a plastic appearance, but then I'm only familiar with General Finishes Enduro Clear Poly, and their retail consumer High Performance poly.
+1 on Arm-R-Seal. Personally, I wouldn't use a water based poly on a nice furniture piece...to me it has a plastic appearance, but then I'm only familiar with General Finishes Enduro Clear Poly, and their retail consumer High Performance poly.
Scott Vroom
I started with absolutely nothing. Now, thanks to years of hard work, careful planning, and perseverance, I find I still have most of it left.
Teak will most certainly get stained from food and drink. Best protection is WEST epoxy and Epifanes varnish.
"Anything seems possible when you don't know what you're doing."
I'm going to give a somewhat contrary response based on our owning a teak dining room table for nearly 40 years since it was purchased new. I have refinished the top once in that time. If I didn't use Watco, I used something very similar, probably a home made wipe on oil/varnish finish. I sanded it lightly first with 220 and 440 then applied several coats of finish with rags. The table top has acquired a few dings and scratches over the years (many of which I was able to raise with steam and clean up during the previous refinish, over 15 years ago) but I consider it part of the patina. No stains to speak of. On the other hand, we also almost always use cloth placemats or a tablecloth when using the table. It's a dining room table. It's going to acquire some character over the years.
Well that wasn't a contrary response at all Dave. It was consistent with those who recommended varnish. Whether brushed or wiped, it's still varnish.
John
It's hard to recommend anything without knowing what is on there. A lot of teak furniture is finished with a matte "natural look" conversion varnish or similar that may not need improvement. If you can test in an unseen area that would help. You should be able to go over whatever is on it with a good cleaning, scuff sanding, barrier coat of dewaxed shellac and your choice of film finish.2k poly is something you might want to look into. If it has a thin oil finish to start with you could maintain it as Dave suggests.