Trouble with Teak

Yes indeed. In doing yacht refit, one must at some point, embrace the color variation of natural materials.

We have tried to match teak interior veneers where the color varied from port to starboard in the same saloon due to the sun exposure. The color will change with age, no doubt.

On that headboard, by the time you get your mattress, pillows, bedspread and shams on there- you won't see the headboard anyway. In the other applications, consider a variation/contrast in the wood or grain. Perhaps by introducing a burl accent.

There are also some other woods with a similar grain to teak that could be used and then stained to match existing. Take a look at "Anigre".

The work in your photos looks good. Perhaps give it some time to season and see how it looks.

Teak

One would hope with "farm teak" that the grain and color would be more consistant, maybe there is a mixture from the supplier of natural and farm ?

It looks fantastic to me, what product did you use on the teak?

The key to working with wood or any other natural product is picking your pieces; a very time consuming and often expensive procedure. There's enough variation out there to get what you want if you're willing to pay the price of finding it, but there will always be some compromise.

Honestly, I think high gloss on interior woods end up making them look like plastic. But it's your boat.

A true master re-finisher/touch up artist might be able to get the wood to look the way you want it to. Or as NYCAP mentioned looking through a lot of wood. But only you can decide if it would be worth the cost.

I think the differences in wood can add character to it. But that's just me.

Good luck.

Doing a job like that from 600 miles away is tough. I'm way too much of a control freak to pull that off. A few years back we were having work done. As captain, I was in the yard every few days or so with donuts for the guys, talking with them about the work and checking things out. I still couldn't stop the yard from screwing the job. Can't imagine how it is as an owner that leaves his boat in the fall with a list; comes back in the spring and things are wrong or worse.

Be lucky you're getting only black coming out of the grain. I just had two teak tables made and had a weird green and blue color coming out of the grain on one table after it was finished and it didn't show before hand. It looked like you took crayons and followed the grain. The entire table had to be scrapped it was that bad.

Bayside bert

I have a 50 Post with exquiste interior teak. There are variations throughout the boat which I think enhance the look. If you are concerned about the "browner" teak, the proper application of a "lightener" to the wood before refinishing is a pretty standard remedy. But make sure your finisher shows you sample lightened finishes first. Also, some mills shoot an oil over their finished boards that needs to be wahed off before finishing.

She is beauty from what I see!

BTW, look at that teak and holly floor in your first picture - beautiful contrasts!

I have had alot of experience refinishing sailboat interiors and exterior teak and have had very good results using Bristol Finish. They have exterior gloss and satin and interior satin products that look great and last a lot longer than spar varnishes. However, it appears you are already too far along on this project to change finishes now. If you have any exterior wood, you may want to "test" an area with this finish. Good luck; the interior pictures look great.