My friend accidentally stood a leaky bottle of household cleaner/degreaser on varnished teak veneer on his boat galley table for a couple of days. The resulting dark stain has resisted peroxide, bleach, light sanding and paint stripper with steel wool. Any suggestions, before we replace some of the veneer? Thanks!
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Discoloration in teak will usually not be very deep. The teak floors on my 1978 boat have a fairly tick veneer and I was able to restore badly weathered areas by using a cabinet scraper to remove thin layers until the wood color is even. In cases where the veneer is too thin or delaminated, I cut away the entire strips and laminated back 1/16th veneers that I had sliced on the band saw. In the case of a floor panel or a tabletop, I removed the damaged strips on the table saw or router to a 1\8 depth and replaced the damaged areas with 1/8th + thick strips.
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