Exterior oiled teak - glue for wood plugs?

[Cadence]

Originally Posted by CF32907

I think your talking about " resrcinol " wood glue. It is a two part urea glue that's been used in boats and aircraft for 80 +- years. But like epoxy, when set it is very difficult to remove bungs without leaving chunks down inside the holes. I would not recommend it.
Capt. Vince Rakstis Ret. MS St.Petersburg, Fl.

I didn't check spelling. I thought the purpose was to secure the bung. Sometimes the tried and true beats the hell out of the newest if not really intended for that purpose. It seems some think epoxy is the answer to everything. JMHO

[Cheechako]

Unless the holes are too shallow, just tap them in, no glue. An easy way to remove old plugs is to drive a sheet metal screw into the plug, when it bottoms out it forces the plug right out leaving the hole clean.

[David B]

For the record, it's resorcinol (short for resorcinol formaldehyde).

But moving on from there, the varnish method makes a lot of sense - afterall, if the plugs are correctly sized, they are hammered in nice and firm, so its just a matter of sealing them.

As to treatment, with modern decks (yes, I know we are talking toe-rails here, but ...) at least (read 12mm thick or worse), I am not an advocate of leaving teak to weather. 'Weathering' means washing over the side.

On our toerails and decks, we use Semco. The Semco washes over the side (takes up to three years to do it mind you) rather than the precious teak. We do a 50' fully teak deck, plus cockpit once every one to two years, in around 5 man-hours, if that, and the decks still look like new after 9 years.

[mikebikeboy]

Originally Posted by Dougtiff

First off i wouldn't oil the Teak if exterior, because it attracts dirt, ect, goes black over time, best to leave it natural or varnish,plug with varnish.

By the time it starts attracting that much dirt to turn it black, probably means you need to simply clean it and oil it again. Takes months to attract that much dirt.