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It was now time for the
big challenge - priming and painting of the teakwood cradle rings
sections. Priming was the most important step, since the paint will
be relying on it to adhere and cure properly. As I mentioned
earlier on several occasions, teakwood is oily. This means that primers and paints have a
hard time sticking to it. The problem is that when you apply primer
to the teakwood, its natural oils bleed into the primer or paint finish.
Especially through the first couple coats. So, to make this work, I would
apply a coat of primer, then wait for the oil to leach through the
primer and then dab those areas lightly with a paper towel. Wait
another day, and then apply the next coat of primer. Wait until the
oil leaches out again and dab it up; wait a day and do it again, and
so on. I
continue this process until no more oil leached out into the white
primer. Glad I used the white primer! It was a lot easier to see the
leached out oil from the teakwood. Then the primer was allowed to
cure for about a week. I know this is a lot of work, but you could
also make these cradle rings from oak, or even better, aluminum. But
with the teak on hand at no cost, I thought, what the hay! Anyway, I
learned how to paint teakwood, and everything worked out just
beautifully in the end.
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