Cetol color

[Nancy]

I'm 98% certain that the interior trim in our boat is finished with Cetol. Anyone care to hazard a guess as to what color it is? The trim at the main hatch was sanded by the previous owner and is ready for re-coating. I'd just as soon match what's already there or at least come close.

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[jleonard]

That does not look like Cetol to me. Not enough "orange" color.

[jcollins]

I agree. Whenever I used Cetol, which I really like, it had more gloss. I use teak oil on mine. Much easier.

[Nancy]

I agree that it doesn't look like the original Cetol (Cetol Marine). But there are two newer colors: Marine Light and Marine Natural Teak. The reason I think it's Cetol is that there are spots where it's also on the adjacent fiberglass and it, like all Cetol on fiberglass, it doesn't want to come off.

If it's not Cetol, what do you think it is?

[RobS]

If you have a good local paint store (not the big chain stores, HD, Lowes, etc) you could bring one of the 2 table tops with wood edge, or maybe the bathroom door, and get an opinion and they should have sample boards too. Just a thought. Are you more concerned with matching color or sheen?

[Nancy]

Color, Rob.

[RobS]

Hmmm.....Trying to remember if in my 5 years (of pretty much disasesmbling and reassembling the enitre boat) there was any of that same wood that I found unfinished and hidden that you could use for test purposes. The only thing I recall was this nailer board behind the vertical upholstered panel over the opening at the aft bunk. It appears to be a scrap of the same wood, maybe..

[Nancy]

Turns out it's Cetol Light. I tested a small section today, and there's no doubt.