Cockpit wood trim

[mlhill]

I'm a new owner of a 1999 Seafarer 226. The cockpit trim is very faded. I'm assuming it is teak or is it wood laminate? This is the trim on the side storage shelves. Any way to bring it back or advice on where to buy replacement?

 

[berrym72]

I'm curious too. I have the same issue on my 1998 248 Voyager. Has anyone made new ones out of starboard?

 

[blindmullet]

I'm going to sand/prime and do a base/clear on all the trim.

 

[wspitler]

If it is teak, hope it has not been varnished. You should not varnish teak as it is too oily to hold varnish long-term. If they’re teak, use some sort of teak cleaner and teak oil to restore it. It will look real nice. If it is varnish teak you need to clean the varnish off and clean it and oil it.

 

[glacierbaze]

I think Grady referred to that as plasteak. There are past threads about renewing it.
Pretty sure there is not any teak on a Seafarer in 1999.
edit: I stand corrected, it is Duratrim.

 

[Timcan]

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• Timcan
• Mar 11, 2021

I had the same problem all of mine looked like the top one. First I sanded it, second I applied Presta cut compound, then a finish compound and finally wax.

 

[PointedRose]

I’ve done this method with teak before and it comes out really nice.

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[Keeldad]

Like Glacierbaze and Timcan pointed out, it’s not teak, rather a plastic product Grady refers to as Duratrim. Attached is a photo of the reference from my owners manual for my ‘99 Seafarer 226.