Gettaway painted his rub rail, should I ?

Tri-Guy · Post by **Tri-Guy** » Mon Feb 20, 2012 9:12 pm

I have a teak rub rail with the stainless trim , it is very hard to maintain with the stainless. I saw the Gettaway painted his rub rail black, looks good. What ideas do you guys have?

Stripermann2 · Post by **Stripermann2** » Mon Feb 20, 2012 9:22 pm

As Bob from Beacon told a fellow boater who's spray rails were painted over....why would anyone put paint over teak?

As told to me.

jefflaw35 · Post by **jefflaw35** » Mon Feb 20, 2012 9:26 pm

Can I see a pic of your rails? I think mine are rubber. Insert looks rough. I was going to paint mine. Just wandering what we are looking here

alexander38 · Post by **alexander38** » Mon Feb 20, 2012 9:35 pm

Stripermann2 wrote:As Bob from Beacon told a fellow boater who's spray rails were painted over....why would anyone put paint over teak? As told to me.

could've not said it better..if teak was meant to be painted it would look like oak

I have a black rubber rub rail and I use acetone to clean it. just a little on a rag and swipe fast so the rubber won't get soft. looks shiny for a long time do it once a season.

prowlersfish · Post by **prowlersfish** » Mon Feb 20, 2012 9:58 pm

Mine are some kind of plastic , spray rails are wood ,mahogany I think .Yes they are painted .It came that way when I got the boat.

alexander38 · Post by **alexander38** » Mon Feb 20, 2012 10:03 pm

prowlersfish wrote:Mine are some kind of plastic , spray rails are wood ,mahogany I think .Yes they are painted .It came that way when I got the boat.

well then take the paint off..

prowlersfish · Post by **prowlersfish** » Mon Feb 20, 2012 10:14 pm

I am afraid of what I may find . I wish I did not have the spray rails

alexander38 · Post by **alexander38** » Tue Feb 21, 2012 5:04 am

prowlersfish wrote:I am afraid of what I may find . I wish I did not have the spray rails

design flaw in your boat, if they had aft cabins and decks you wouldn't need them...

now go find some teak or good Virginia live oak and make her look prudy....

rbcool · Post by **rbcool** » Tue Feb 21, 2012 5:22 am

I am wondering if he is talking about the Rub rail or the Spray rail. Don't think I've seen Teak Rub rails on our size boats, could be wrong. My Rub rails are hard rubber w/ SS band. My Spray rails are some kinda wood that is painted. I would never poly my Spray rails because of the abuse they get from saltwater.

Ron

prowlersfish · Post by **prowlersfish** » Tue Feb 21, 2012 6:45 am

I was thinking the same thing . I was thinking mine were some kind of plastic , But hard rubber makes sense . What year is Tri-guys boat ?

gruhs · Post by **gruhs** » Tue Feb 21, 2012 9:58 am

Rub-rail on our 1977 Tri was teak but it had lots of rot and pieces falling out. Replaced it with a hard black vinyl couple years ago. Splash rails are wood of some kind painted black, they are holding up well so far.

aaronbocknek · Post by **aaronbocknek** » Tue Feb 21, 2012 3:27 pm

gruhs wrote:Rub-rail on our 1977 Tri were teak but it had lots of rot and pieces falling out. Replaced it with a hard black vinyl couple years ago. Splash rails are wood of some kind painted black, they are holding up well so far.

raises hand...... teak was used until 1980 give or take a few months in. then the design material was a heavy duty non wood material, i'm not sure what. i'm going to do the paint on my rubrails after i apply a thin bead of paintable caulk on the top portion near the toe rail, as mine are sort of a splotchy white. the splash rails are made of oak i believe and have been known to rot out. they are attached with thru bolts and i have no clue how to get to them should they ever need to be replaced.

Tri-Guy · Post by **Tri-Guy** » Tue Feb 21, 2012 7:09 pm

MY Tri is a 1980 and the rub rail is teak. The rub rail has no rot but is a pain to keep clean, I will not paint it was just thinking. The spray rails are teak not oak , I replaced one last year the through bolts were easy to get at behind the fuel tanks. I removed the old one and scribed it on a new plank, the hardest part was cutting it, the teak was like cutting stone. John

davidsmith · Post by **davidsmith** » Tue Feb 21, 2012 7:13 pm

Teak rubrails and removed my sprayrails. I will be replacing my teak rubrails soon with some type of rubber/poly using the stainless cap.

aaronbocknek · Post by **aaronbocknek** » Tue Feb 21, 2012 7:26 pm

Tri-Guy wrote:MY Tri is a 1980 and the rub rail is teak. The rub rail has no rot but is a pain to keep clean, I will not paint it was just thinking. The spray rails are teak not oak , I replaced one last year the through bolts were easy to get at behind the fuel tanks. I removed the old one and scribed it on a new plank, the hardest part was cutting it, the teak was like cutting stone. John

hey tri guy, does your tri have the double berths p/s or one center berth?
if you have the 'double' berth arrangement, i can see that it would be easy to get to the through bolts. those of us that have the center berth setup are in a different situation. it would require cutting out the bottom shelf/storage area on the starboard side, and, since the water tank is on the port side, buried under the port dresser, that's a whole other ball of wax. thanks for the clarification on the spray rail material. i thought that was always an achilles heal of these boats. and you are right on about slicing through teak. phil had never cut teak before and was amazed at how hard it is.
aaron