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Taylor posted 11-06-2002 02:24 PM ET (US)
I got all set to cut up my big old warped teak sideboard to make a stern seat for my Montauk, took the first cut, and realized right then that what I had was a walnut sideboard.
The smell was all wrong for teak, and while the finished exterior of the board was gold and teak grained, the inside was the grey you typically see in unoxidized walnut.
I've put the project up for the moment, but this board is perfect for making a strip build transom step style seat (as in Cetecea Reference: 43-5) and because of the way it was worked for the prior use, not much good for anything else I can think of now.
Question: How does oiled walnut hold up in a marine environment.

OutrageMan posted 11-06-2002 02:42 PM ET (US)
I would imagine not very good. Walnut lack a lot of the natual oils and silica that teak and other woods like cyprus have.
Brian
Einar posted 11-06-2002 08:49 PM ET (US)
Taylor,
How about I supply H. Mahog. and you make 2 rear seats for Montauks?
Al
Taylor posted 11-08-2002 05:34 PM ET (US)
Well, Al, I'm thinking about it. Do you already have the mahogany, or what? I was really thinking teak to match the other teak on the Montauk.
lhg posted 11-08-2002 07:22 PM ET (US)
TBirdsey installed a beautiful custom designed stern seat, of varnished mahogany, in his teak trimmed 18 Outrage, and it looks beautiful. The seat may be visible in the Rendezvous 2000 photos.
Taylor posted 11-08-2002 08:05 PM ET (US)
Its visible, but only from a distance. I did see a Nauset there with a seat/platform I had not noticed before. It was cut out around the motor well as I had in mind.
But I still like the strips of teak and the oil. My view of the stern seat is that I'd like to use it to get on and off from floats. It can be a long step down the the cockpit sole, and I usually step on one of my coolers, and then one day it overturned on me.

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Author	Topic: Walnut wood for marine use
Taylor	posted 11-06-2002 02:24 PM ET (US) I got all set to cut up my big old warped teak sideboard to make a stern seat for my Montauk, took the first cut, and realized right then that what I had was a walnut sideboard. The smell was all wrong for teak, and while the finished exterior of the board was gold and teak grained, the inside was the grey you typically see in unoxidized walnut. I've put the project up for the moment, but this board is perfect for making a strip build transom step style seat (as in Cetecea Reference: 43-5) and because of the way it was worked for the prior use, not much good for anything else I can think of now. Question: How does oiled walnut hold up in a marine environment.
OutrageMan	posted 11-06-2002 02:42 PM ET (US) I would imagine not very good. Walnut lack a lot of the natual oils and silica that teak and other woods like cyprus have. Brian
Einar	posted 11-06-2002 08:49 PM ET (US) Taylor, How about I supply H. Mahog. and you make 2 rear seats for Montauks? Al
Taylor	posted 11-08-2002 05:34 PM ET (US) Well, Al, I'm thinking about it. Do you already have the mahogany, or what? I was really thinking teak to match the other teak on the Montauk.
lhg	posted 11-08-2002 07:22 PM ET (US) TBirdsey installed a beautiful custom designed stern seat, of varnished mahogany, in his teak trimmed 18 Outrage, and it looks beautiful. The seat may be visible in the Rendezvous 2000 photos.
Taylor	posted 11-08-2002 08:05 PM ET (US) Its visible, but only from a distance. I did see a Nauset there with a seat/platform I had not noticed before. It was cut out around the motor well as I had in mind. But I still like the strips of teak and the oil. My view of the stern seat is that I'd like to use it to get on and off from floats. It can be a long step down the the cockpit sole, and I usually step on one of my coolers, and then one day it overturned on me.