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I have an inch thick piece of teak on the top of my console. Does anyone know the best way to fix a few cracks in it? I can't remove the teak from the console. It seems to be glued down. The cracks are on either side and run with the grain and are about 2 to 3 inches or so. What glue would work? The teak is sanded down to bare wood. I want to finish with teak oil. I'm having some work done on the boat, and the person there recommended some glue that begins with an R and that gets darker when dry. I don't know how he would get the glue to travel down and into the crack. I don't know how the teak cracked. It wasn't cracked a few days ago.

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Dan,
I fix repairs like this all the time. You said " I have it sanded down to bare wood" i think, right? I fix these types of cracks with West System Epoxy.
Use 105 mixed with 205 (fast) or 206 (slow) and push the epoxy into the cracks & clamp it good and tight.
If you are unable to clamp it and want to fill screw holes or cracks..put blue painters tape over one side of the crack or hole (if it goes all the way through the wood) and fill the crack or hole with epoxy by pushing it down into the crack until it fills up. If you have any teak dust you can put a little into the epoxy to create a putty.

Hope this is of help.
Regards,
Mike Stennett
Nautical Lumber Co
586-777-1288

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Dan,

Just out of curiosity, have you checked for screws from below the console that might be holding the piece of teak in place?

I would get the piece of teak off and see what the top of the console looks like.
You never know, the top of the console might not be that bad.

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Mike, thanks!!

Joe, there were a few screws underneath, which I removed. Around the edge of the wood was a bead of silicone. Unfortunately, the wood is on very tight, and I don't know how it was done -- maybe it's glued. If I go about it the wrong way I could cause too much damage.

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The only damage would be that you would need to find another piece of teak to replace it with. Try gluing it or epoxing it while in place and if you can find some sawdust, mix that in with it so it will kinda look like it is not craked. I do this with my wood interiors when filling in a whole or crack, works pretty good when varnished up.

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Hi Dan, I think the "R" glue your talking about is weldwood Resorcinol glue made by Dap. I used this to fix my split teak console door about 7 years ago and it gas been rock solid ever since. It's a two part glue, one liquid, one powder. It dries dark like the grain of teak. It's different than epoxy in that it dries as hard as a rock. not sure why you would use one over the other, but this stuff works well and states that it is waterproof for marine and water vessel use.

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I am going to bet they stuck it down with 5200 around the edges. Take the windshield off and use a flat putty knife to score the caulk. you should be able to pry the teak off.

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Thanks lucky, yes that was it, Resorcinol. Hopefully it will do the trick. I have the windshield off, but I doubt I can get a putty knife in there. I'll see how it the glue works and take it from there.

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I used a piece of steel leader (wire) and two pairs of pliers to pull wire under a glued down radar monitor bracket. The wire was fine enough to "cut" through the dried glue.

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All good advice, but I would replace the teak with new. Its not worth the effort to fix it, and you mind as well do something with the ugly teak rod holder supports. What about the gunwale covers. If you make one piece of teak look good, the rest of the teak will look worse.

rich

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if you don't have steel leader wire, lift a steel string from your buddies guitar.