Teak Maintenance

Staining and Preservation

seat.~It genuinely isn’t all that necessary to defend teak wood seats.~You genuinely don’t need to defend your teak shower stool.} Teakwood is really unique in the fact that if you leave it in its biological state, it really doesn’t require any maintenance. If you leave your teak furnishings outdoors 24 hours a day seven days a week 365 days a year and not have to worry about it, this is even if the weather conditions in your area are extreme. It is because of this that people genuinely love outdoor teak furniture.

You might have heard that leaving your teak furniture in the sun will turn it grey, while this is true it is a inherent occurrence and doesn’t cause any harm to the wood.

A lot of people like to use a teak sealant on their wood in order to help it to maintain its inborn honey color. They often use it to darken it up a little as well. The sealant isn’t only going to change the color of your wood, it will also give your teak some UV protection and also provide a protection from mold and mildew with an anti-fungicide. It doesn’t matter whether you’re teak furniture is old or new, you can apply teak sealants to them after they have been cleaned. These sealers aren’t the same thing as varnish. All it does is act as a preservative for the wood while still allowing it to breathe and release its organic oils. Unlike varnish this will not peel or bubble up. These things work well as both protectants and stains for your wood. The darker the stain that you get, the better UV protection you are going to give your furniture, which means less applications in the future. If by chance you have inherited a piece of teak furniture from someone that has glaze on it, you will need to remove all of the old glaze by sanding, and then you have the choice of either staining it the color you like or leaving it native.

Applying a preservative to your teak wood furnishings is pretty straightforward. Try to make sure that before you put on your first coat that the piece of furnishings has been sitting in the sun for a week or two which allows all of the wood grains to open up. When you are making application, simply spray it on to the furniture and then rub it with a rag. Try to make sure that you apply two coats in this fashion on all surfaces of the wood top, bottom, sides and between any slats. If you are applying the stain on any surface that you care about, then you need to make sure that you put something under your wood as you don’t want to cause stain damage to anything you care about. In ensuing years, you will only need to apply the stain once a year after cleaning the wood with a mild detergent and water.

After you have sealed your teak furnishings, there is very little else that needs to be done to defend the finish. You could wash the furnishings every once in a while a soap and water which will help to remove any normal soiling. Be careful spilling things on the sealant like coffee, wine, or foods that stain, as these can penetrate through the sealer and leave stains on the teak. If you want to improve your furniture and resistance to these types of stains you can put on a teak clear coat.

Because of the inborn oils that are contained in teakwood, and migrate out of the wood to the surface, in essence teakwood protects itself and makes itself pretty much impervious to water. These natural oils leach out of the wood, and because of this it isn’t a good idea to put lacquer or water sealers on any teak product. Polyurethane and varnish products will never fail to peel up and chip off of teak wood products. Applying these to your teak furniture can turn out to be a real nightmare in the future.

It isn’t a good idea to put oil on your teak furnishings either, as it has plenty of its own, and it will just end up creating a mold problem on your piece of furniture. For someone who has done this, and they have mold growing on the furniture, you need to wash the furniture with bleach and soap, and then sand the surface to remove the mold.

If you like to entertain people outdoors or spend any time outdoors just relaxing, then teak outdoor furnishings is an excellent investment for you. It brings quality and class to your yard and outdoor setting. Understanding the proper care of teak furniture is a vital part of helping to maintain a lifetime investment.

Now that you see what you need to do to maintain your teakwood furnishings, it is time to look at purchasing something original. There is nothing that quite gives elegance, relaxation, and nostalgia in an open-air scene like a quality teak rocking chair. Take a look at our awesome listings of gorgeous teak rocking chairs at teakshowerbench.com