Advice needed on painting outdoor teak furniture.

Posted by 7h95g on March 11, 2009, 1:04 pm

A client wants her heavy teak outdoor chairs painted (low lustre) white.

I asked Benjamin Moore what primer and paint they'd recommend I use.

They said that: "Due to the nature of teak being an "oily" wood, it has
proven to be non-conductive for long term adhesion of paints. At the
present time, we do not offer a primer and paint coating system that is
recommended for painting teak."

Does anyone have a positive experience painting outdoor teak furniture
that has borne the test of time? What primer and paint did you use?

Thanks for any advice,

Tony

Posted by PeterD on March 11, 2009, 1:59 pm

>A client wants her heavy teak outdoor chairs painted (low lustre) white.
>I asked Benjamin Moore what primer and paint they'd recommend I use.
>They said that: "Due to the nature of teak being an "oily" wood, it has
>proven to be non-conductive for long term adhesion of paints. At the
>present time, we do not offer a primer and paint coating system that is
>recommended for painting teak."
>Does anyone have a positive experience painting outdoor teak furniture
>that has borne the test of time? What primer and paint did you use?
>Thanks for any advice,
>Tony

Positive? No, teak can't be successfully painted, or varnished. It
should be oiled to protect it.

If your client doesn't understand that she'd be ruining some (probably
expensive) teak chairs, I'd suggest that you should look for other
clients.

Sorry if that comes off as me being a jerk, but there are some things
that one should never, ever do.

If she wants white chairs (why, white would look like crap in a year!)
then take her to 'The Pine Barn' and have her buy some new ones.

Posted by Craig M on March 11, 2009, 5:19 pm

I have to agree with Peter...dont paint teak, you oil it or leave it be, it
weathers well outdoors, but oiled looks better, she is better off getting
some PVC outdoor furinture.

>>A client wants her heavy teak outdoor chairs painted (low lustre) white.
>>I asked Benjamin Moore what primer and paint they'd recommend I use.
>>They said that: "Due to the nature of teak being an "oily" wood, it has
>>proven to be non-conductive for long term adhesion of paints. At the
>>present time, we do not offer a primer and paint coating system that is
>>recommended for painting teak."
>>Does anyone have a positive experience painting outdoor teak furniture
>>that has borne the test of time? What primer and paint did you use?
>>Thanks for any advice,
>>Tony

> Positive? No, teak can't be successfully painted, or varnished. It
> should be oiled to protect it.
> If your client doesn't understand that she'd be ruining some (probably
> expensive) teak chairs, I'd suggest that you should look for other
> clients.
> Sorry if that comes off as me being a jerk, but there are some things
> that one should never, ever do.
> If she wants white chairs (why, white would look like crap in a year!)
> then take her to 'The Pine Barn' and have her buy some new ones.
>

Posted by Cwatters on March 11, 2009, 7:57 pm

>A client wants her heavy teak outdoor chairs painted (low lustre) white.
> I asked Benjamin Moore what primer and paint they'd recommend I use.
> They said that: "Due to the nature of teak being an "oily" wood, it has
> proven to be non-conductive for long term adhesion of paints. At the
> present time, we do not offer a primer and paint coating system that is
> recommended for painting teak."
> Does anyone have a positive experience painting outdoor teak furniture
> that has borne the test of time? What primer and paint did you use?
> Thanks for any advice,
> Tony

It's not recommended to paint teak. Perhaps you could bleach the colour out
of it? Never tried it on teak but som oak went quite white.

http://antiquerestorers.com/Articles/jeff/using_wood_bleach.htm

Posted by 7h95g on March 11, 2009, 9:58 pm

Thanks for the help, guys.

Tony

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