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Oil shouldn't need any grain to hold it to the teak. It should soak into the wood not sit on it.
And the smoother the wood the easier it is to keep clean.
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Fortunately, I don't deal with teak too often. The main boat I've been working has only the cockpit and swim platform so excuse my ignorance in this. What I'd learned (from the old dudes when I was a young dude) was that oil soaks into the pores in the wood. If you sand it smooth there are no pores to absorb the oil. The idea of sanding with bronze or brass wool is to clean the pores without taking any but the lose wood grain.