[Hi_Ho_Sliver]

A neighbor called and wanted to know how to bleach Teak? I started to say try regular bleach, but thought maybe I should check here first....not sure why anyone would want to bleach teak? Anyone know? thanks

[Kenny_S]

Bleach is what I have used in the past. However there are bleaching agents out on the market that may be better. Can't reallyt say for sure, never used them. Yep Dave, Just plain old Bleach. I am surprised that someone would want to bleack teak! Maybe son=me bad spots in the wood.

[Colin_Partridge]

Dave,
Just a thought, some years ago I was in Florida and was invited to watch how they prepare Cyprus Knees. What they would do is to boil the knees in a large drum to remove the bark and then put them into a 45 gallon drum with a mixture of one gallon of bleach to 44 gallons of water. So if he wanted to take that formular and modify it to his needs.What it did was really lighten the knees from that dark color they are when the bark comes off. I agree with you and Kenny why would you want to bleach teak?
Colin

[Hi_Ho_Sliver]

Well just found out the steering wheel is on a hotrod, and my neighbor had made the man a dash out of honey oak and he wanted the steering wheel to match....anyway, passed on the info about using bleach..I suggested adding a little water and 'sneak' up on it...ha ha...he is going to test on the back side of the wheel....thanks for the responses

Regular household bleach works good, but swimming pool chlorine is more pure and works better. I use it to clean my decks and vinyl siding, spray it on let it sit a few minutes and spray it off, nice and clean and the wood gets a little lighter.

Have bleached carvings with regular household bleach with decent reuslts ... However, the two part wood bleaches available in the paint section of home centers gives a slightly whiter surface appearance and does a much deeper job of bleaching. Is it worth the extra effort? Only the end user can tell. I use it just to make sure the bleached job stays that way.