"Don W" wrote in message
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KLC Lewis wrote:

I plan to use that "PlasTeek" stuff to replace the wooden grabrails on
Essie. Not because I have a problem with keeping up with varnish on them
(relatively minor compared with the rest of my wood trim), but because I
don't want to put varnish on them -- too slippery for a hand-hold. A
couple of years ago I stripped them down to bare wood and treated them
with Penetrol, but I'd need to recoat them once a month or so in active
sailing and that's too much work for me. Don't know that I'd use it
extensively, but I do use Marine Grade HDPE all over the boat. It's great
stuff, and nothing will stick to it.

No "PlasTeek" or real teak for me. Give me 316 Stainless steel handrails.
Then all I've got to do is keep them bedded so they don't leak ;-)

Don W.


Stainless is a very good solution. Quite a bit more expense than plastic,
though.