Last year Cetol came out w/ a new product. Cetol Natural doesn't have the orange tint that the Cetol Original and Light versions have. We put six coats on our cap rails last spring. It looks pretty good. Its not varnish but it doesn't require the dedication of varnish. I'm slowly switching all my exterior teak over to the Natural product. One nice feature is that you can recoat without sanding if you are doing daily coats. A red 3M pad is a good idea to smooth the surface prior to the last two top coats. You can use the Cetol Gloss as a top coat but I didn't. Regards, Randy Pickelmann hard aground in Clearwater MORNING STAR lying in Marathon, FL www.morningstar.talkspot.com