Under indoor lighting the samples have a bark brown tone whereas outdoors they have a lighter golden tone which the ladder is my preference. Either way indoors or outdoors, to my untrained eyes all appear to be the same. Where we may start to see a difference is in the weathering. A time lapsed month to month comparison would be interesting to watch in a future episode. With all that said watching this episode has inspired me to use Cetol natural teak and Cetol gloss finish to refinish all the exterior teak on my 44’ trawler. This will be a huge job that will take me all summer.
I like the natural teak with the gloss finish...I think the grain is a little darker with the natural teak...but I agree with you, it is subtle between the typer...it does have a little orange tint to it but I have been using it on all my teak for almost 20 years
Funny, the Sikkens factory is located in my hometown and no more than a 10 min bicycle ride away. It's quite an old company from the late 18th century at that time located in Groningen the north of the Netherlands and since 1939 located in my place. Nowadays it's owned by the much bigger brand Akzo Nobel, also Dutch. Since their products are developed in our often wet country I guess it protects well. I find the results as expected due to the transparent properties of these coatings, they are meant to preserve the wood signature.
Thank you for doing this... very interesting info, I work on teak professionally and you wouldn't believe the battle I go through with some customers. I am using an amber finish now from Total boat.... honestly, it looks very similar to your high gloss over natural teak.
Michael: the helmsman has no base coat. Its is strictly its own varnish applied to bare wood. Only the Sikkens Gloss is applies to a Sikkens base coat. 👍😁Thanks for the comment and be sure to subscribe
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I will be patiently awaiting the longevity test results, great video.
Me too 😂thanks for the comment
Another great video with accurate information!
Thanks for the comment Joe 👍😁
Under indoor lighting the samples have a bark brown tone whereas outdoors they have a lighter golden tone which the ladder is my preference. Either way indoors or outdoors, to my untrained eyes all appear to be the same. Where we may start to see a difference is in the weathering. A time lapsed month to month comparison would be interesting to watch in a future episode. With all that said watching this episode has inspired me to use Cetol natural teak and Cetol gloss finish to refinish all the exterior teak on my 44’ trawler. This will be a huge job that will take me all summer.
Thanks for the comment Terry. 😁Good luck on your ambitious project, just eat the elephant one piece at a time
Good information, well presented.
Welcome aboard Mathew😁thanks for the comment and be sure to subscribe
Quality episode 👌
Thanks Lou😁 I appreciate the comment and feedback
I like the natural teak with the gloss finish...I think the grain is a little darker with the natural teak...but I agree with you, it is subtle between the typer...it does have a little orange tint to it but I have been using it on all my teak for almost 20 years
I have to agree 👍 Thanks for the comment
Funny, the Sikkens factory is located in my hometown and no more than a 10 min bicycle ride away. It's quite an old company from the late 18th century at that time located in Groningen the north of the Netherlands and since 1939 located in my place. Nowadays it's owned by the much bigger brand Akzo Nobel, also Dutch. Since their products are developed in our often wet country I guess it protects well. I find the results as expected due to the transparent properties of these coatings, they are meant to preserve the wood signature.
I agree 😁 I’m a big fan of this product line and have been a loyal customer for 30 years. Brilliant 👍
Thank you for doing this... very interesting info, I work on teak professionally and you wouldn't believe the battle I go through with some customers. I am using an amber finish now from Total boat.... honestly, it looks very similar to your high gloss over natural teak.
Thanks for your comment 😁👍
Did you use the same base coat on the Helmsman as the Sikkens top gloss finish?
Michael: the helmsman has no base coat. Its is strictly its own varnish applied to bare wood. Only the Sikkens Gloss is applies to a Sikkens base coat. 👍😁Thanks for the comment and be sure to subscribe
Did you use a clean brush for each finish?
Indeed I did. Fresh foam brush each type of coating and each time. 😁👍 We don’t mess about in the Boat Werks 🤓
Hah! I'm first. Good information
About Time Wolfram! Well done 👍😁
Not enough difference to worry about. I’ll worry about getting a boat before I die
Thanks for the comment
I don’t see much of a difference either. I think the reason they make different ones is for marketing.
🧐I wonder too Mark. Thanks for the comment
How can finish be so expensive per can? The ingredients can't be that expensive. Not like it's rare and exotic stuff from a rain forest.
Supply and demand. 😁
Really surprised China doesn't do knock offs and sell these cans cheap on Amazon.
I imagine it’s a secret recipe 🥸thanks for the comment
@@motorcityboatwerks I've read before there are no secrets in the chemical industry. The lab can see exactly what's in it and the proportions.
Not true. How do you explained Colonel Sanders secret recipe 😂🤣
@@motorcityboatwerksNo need to figure out Colonel Sanders’ recipe. Publix has the best fried chicken. 😂😂😂
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