The never-ending project to fill my hole in the ocean while bailing it out

Preparing for Sailing Season '08
The Teak Trim Refinishing Project
-- using the Cetol/Penetrol treatment --
The Cribboard Vent: Before and After

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Oiled teak after cleaning.

Teak after hand-sanding.

Teak after three coats of straight Cetol Marine Natural Teak finish, as recommended by its manufacturer.  According to Sikkens, this is as good as it will get.  I wasn't satisfied and decided to instead treat Cetol like applying varnish . . .

After wet-sanding with 400 grit wet-and-dry paper in preparation for the Cetol/Penetrol treatment, which I've adopted through my experimentation and successfully applied to other pieces in this project.