I just took the cabin top hand rails off my sailboat. They were looking pretty bad - old and weathered. They had a gray cast to them and I expected to find them weak. I was just going to trace them and cut new ones out of white oak. I was surprised to find they were still quite strong, so I scraped them down. They are teak and they still have some life left. So, once down to smooth fresh wood, what would you do? I could do nothing, but they will go gray again within a year. I could oil them every few months, but if I forget they go gray. Or I could put spar varnish on them. That bugs me a little, only because a lot of the time when you see "varnished teak" it ain't teak. :no: Is that just me? It would last a lot longer.