I have had good experience with Honeyteak, a Signature Finish product, on my boat located in South Florida. My teak swim platform, which was quite weathered when I bought my boat, looked quite good after 10 months with Honeyteak. I then redid one coat Honeyteak plus one clear coat and that has lasted over 14 months but now needs another coat. After I initially chemically cleaned the swim platform it still had a very gray color. The Honeyteak created a fairly faithful color reproduction of original non-weathered teak and has retained this color for over two years. I think the trick to getting long lasting results is to put enough clear coats on initially, ie, the top coats after the Honeyteak, to assure that the surface is completely sealed and the top coat has substantial thickness on the entire surface. If the teak is quite smooth this is easy to do. In my case the teak surface was sculptured due to weathering where the softer part of the grain had eroded causing valleys ....with the harder part of the grain causing ridges. This uneveness makes it necessary to put enough coats on to fill the valleys and at that point additional coats will start to build up the thickness on the ridges also. This is easy to do because Honeyteak can be put on wet over wet.....you only have to wait 20 or 30 minutes between coats. I believe that Honeyteak on new teak that is smooth, or old teak that has been sanded smooth, could be made to remain in good condition for well over a year if 4 or 5 coats of clear top coat were applied...and if the surface is smooth this is easy to accomplish. Within the last two weeks I have seen in a recent Practical Sailor a comparison of teak treatments and I recall that Honeyteak and Cetol both were rated excellent. Signature Paint I have also been using Signature Paint to paint the topsides. My report on this is in the Trawlerlist Archives dated February 18,1999, subject Paint vs. Gelcoat. I am extremely satisfied with this product also. I have found that the paint, because it remains somewhat flexible when cured, can be used to restore 4 unsightly fenders, and also an aged captain's chair....aged referring to the chair of course. Al Rice AMBLIN Prairie 29