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    Posted: 06 December 2025 at 01:14
Hi,

am refurbishing our cockpit table leaves on our 415 and wanted some advice as to re-staining or varnishing the wooden surface.  Is the table solid teak OR veneer over plywood?

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Andrew
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I can't speak to the 415, but on our 575 its solid teak, but pretty plain.  So far I have been refinishing it by using a heat gun to strip the existing polyurethane off of it and then refinishing it with both stain and poly.     

If you don't want to use poly, then I would suggest Daly's Seafin oil, which leaves a hard finish on the wood, but gives it the look of oil rather than urethane.   

The salon table was the veneer / cored joke.  I ripped that out as well and put a solid teak table in place with a Hanse inlay.  See pics at the end of this message. 

These were the original tables.    They can be removed by drilling out the teak bungs and then unbolting from below.    I took them back to my shop and cleaned them up using a heat gun and teak cleaner.    



They are OK tables,  but my wife and I wanted a bit more.   So we made the below...  It has leafs that connect the two sides of the cockpit but are stored most of the time.  

The tables are cherry with a black walnut border.    Same size as the original tables.   



The below is the original salon table.   Veneer/core
The original salon table (veneer/cored)


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This is the replacement salon table (solid teak)
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They are solid teak on the Hanse 415.  You can sand them down without any issues.   To get the middle piece of you need to remove the plotter from the console,  but otherwise pretty straightforward.

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Hi, Hanse must change specifications regularly! Night Train, build no:136 had a veneered centre piece with solid edging. We re-built the table top with solid teak after 4 years
All the best
Paul
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Thanks for information guys.  Great job on the salon table Black Diamond!
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On my 418 the table is solid wood but I’m tempted to say it’s iroko or something rather than teak. I epoxied mine and then did 6 coats of varnish. Since the 418 doesn’t have much “real” wood anywhere I thought I’d make the most of the bit I did have ;) 
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I did the same as Matt1. Sealing with epoxy, sanding smooth and then layers of varnish is the best way to finish exterior wood. As long as you don’t mind a bright look. Using satin varnish will  soften the look a bit. The upside is that with the epoxy undercoat the finish will last for years. 
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Andrew, 

Whilst I can vouch Matts table looks amazing as I am sure the others here they are works of artTongue  A credit to them. 

If your after a more simpler solution we apply Honeycomb Semco each year and it keeps it looking like new. Depending on it's condition may need rubbing down first or apply a teak cleaner but then two coats of Semco applied with foam brush and rubbed into grain with soft cloth. The finish will be a matt look more like when it comes from factory.
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I went with about 10 coats of varnish a few years ago, on the cockpit table, the companionway slide, and the flagpole. Everything solid teak. Table about ready for a freshening. 

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Originally posted by 415 Singapore 415 Singapore wrote:

Hi, Hanse must change specifications regularly! Night Train, build no:136 had a veneered centre piece with solid edging. We re-built the table top with solid teak after 4 years
All the best
Paul
Hi Paul
My 415 (High Time) is No 38  (2012) and the centre of the table is definitely poor quality vaneer, not fit for exterior use in my opinion. Mine literally fell apart a few years ago and I replaced it with marine grade vaneer but I'm not very happy with the result. 
I'm interested in how you rebuilt yours using solid teak. Did you keep the solid teak surround or replace the whole top from a single piece of teak? Do you any photos you could share? PM me if you need an email address. Thanks. 
Roger

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