Looking for input from experts, not the caulk, putty, Home Depot and duct tapers. Applied linseed oil to teak?

This is the stuff I use for the furniture in Puerto Peñasco {similar conditions w/o pollution}. Although you need a maintenance coat yearly, it has worked well in preserving the natural look. http://store.hamiltonmarine.com/browse.cfm/teak-fi...

The trouble with linseed oil is that it will attract the dust/pollution and in a years time will turn the wood black from mildew and will look like crap. {The reason I know this is because I did it} As the previous answer stated …..Oil seals on teak are only recommended for indoors.

Teak is generally treated with an oil when used on interior furniture. On exterior furniture you have two choices, you can let it go a natural grey color or you can strip it down and give it a few coats of exterior grade varnish. If you choose to treat it with any kind of exterior coating you will need to reapply it every few years as maintenance. If you let it weather and grey then you will only need to periodically sand down the raised grain to prevent slivers. Basically it depends on the look and how much maintenance you are willing to do.

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i am going to give some information on this but it may not pertain to you situation but could be useful. years ago i did old home remodeling and i hand glazed a lot of old glass windows with glazing putty. well the old carpenter in charge said to paint over the dried glazing putty with linseed oil so that paint would adhere to it and that's what we did and of course it worked very good. so i guess a sealer would work on the teak for outdoors just like paint over the putty. i would think a boating person would know the skinny on how to properly care for teak due to its use in sailing craft. sorry if i didn't help you out.