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Finnegan,
I was truly alarmed/depressed when my virgin mahogany plywood pieces got mildew on the wood. Underneath the 7 coats of tung based teak oil. I contacted Seafin and talked to a knowledgeable tech. The Seafin oil is not designed to seal. More of a coloring agent with uv protection. My findings were that the the linseed oil based teak oil (Watco) leaves the cleaning doable vs the tung based (Seafin) prevents cleaning of the wood unless stripped. I do love the oil look but.....I am leaning to the camp for varnishing for future applications. I believe you mentioned once several coats of material....also.....can you varnish over the linseed . I found that once the linseed oil is applied sanding seems to remove some but, also works some of the oil in deeper(the tech from Seafin mentioned this in regards to the cleaning of the mildew/mold). I got so frustrated I lightly planed some pieces.

I use the bleach primarily for the mildew/mold removal but it sure cleans the other stuff off. I used the nylox pads as well as plastic bristle hand scrub brushes from the supermarket.

Garris