Oiling Teak Furniture

Unfinished teak is naturally a light golden color and finished teak tends to be a darker honey gold.

Oiling teak furniture.

Teak is typically available either finely sanded and unfinished or treated with teak oil. Like teak oil which is not made from teak tree oil and is often used on outdoor teak furniture danish oil is a penetrating oil made up of linseed rosewood or tung oil and other ingredients. Understand the costs and benefits of oiling. It is true that applying teak oil will temporarily bring out a rich golden color in your teak furniture but it can also deplete.

Applying teak oil maintains the furniture s glossy brown appearance and may make scratches and other damage less visible if it occurs since the surface will have a similar appearance as the inner wood. However once oiled the furniture may become dependent on repeated oiling at least once every three months to maintain its appearance. If you have just bought a new teak dining set or adirondack chair for your patio please don t be in a rush to treat it with teak oil. Remember that the products sold as teak oil are actually mostly composed of linseed oil and not oil from the teak tree.