Anyone with Teak Decks read this!

[Firefly625]

Teak deck cleaning. There are loads of specialist cleaning products available, all quite expensive & they do work, really well some of them. But some are quite labour intensive, some of them not very nice to use. If you accept that teak is basically silver, and not brown (i.e. when brand new, or after a professional clean), but currently you are looking at your teak deck and it is going a bit green round the edges buy Patio Magic, made by Brintons available at most garden centres. Its incredibly cheap, you just mix it with water then apply with a watering can or garden sprayer and then leave it... its that simple, no scrubbing, no washing off, nothing to do but have a beer! And it really works well, any green algae disappears and the decks are left looking bright and clean. The manufacturer was contacted to ensure it would not harm any components there are on a boat and they did extensive tests to ensure it is all OK (which took some months). No doubt they are busy re-branding it and will raise the price six fold and you will see it in a chandlery soon! But in the meantime highly recommend! (by the way, I am not on commission and I do not work for them!!)

Brintons website

 

[HappyHunter]

Thanks for this. We have teak decks, but still quite new. More relevant, we have teak garden furniture a couple of years old, and I was wondering how to clean it. Not only that, but I, live 3 miles from Woking so it obviously suits the local climate!

 

[sailorman]

Brintons MMC (mould & mildew cleaner) kill all that "Green" about the boat spray hoods,ropes decks ect.
about 20 squids for 5lts - dilutes up to 9 > 1

view Brinton Products site for your nearest stockist

 

[Nick_H]

I think i'd rinse it off and give the deck a quick scrub after, otherwise it's bound to be slippy, either due to the chemicals, or the dead algae, or both.

 

[Firefly625]

It really doesn't leave a slippery residue, it also needs to be on a few days. It is not an instant clean. As tested on my parents Contest 48 in a F8 across to Dartmouth the decks seems grippy enough! /forums/images/graemlins/tongue.gif

 

[Firefly625]

Oh indeed it does, it is in full use in Pyrford on and around nearly all our garden!! My daughters guinea pigs and rabbit have never looked so clean /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

 

[maybh1]

We used this at the weekend on our extensive black and green patio /forums/images/graemlins/blush.gif - patio is now returning to its lovely soft shades of Indian Stone -

Can't say I've used it on teak decking but it certainly works on patios /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

May
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[mainshiptom]

the best thing for teak is salt water?

 

[benjenbav]

I couldn't agree more. I've just bought a holystone and am getting the kids in training for its use.

My question: should I knot the ends on the cat o' nine tails or will that leave permanent scarring?

 

[Nick_H]

I'm guessing it got rinsed off in a F8 /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

 

[Firefly625]

and blow dried!!

 

[Deleted User YDKXO]

Did they also test what it does to the caulking between the teak planks? I've seen a boat with a teak covered cockpit that had been treated with a chemical cleaner and it wasn't pretty. The chemical softened the caulking and then the owner and his crew walked the black caulking all over the boat including the cream saloon carpet. He ended up buying a new carpet and re-caulking his teak cockpit. All because he wanted to clean his teak deck. Personally I stick to water and a mild shampoo

 

[sailorman]

the MMC is just an anti-fungal treatment & can be diluted to a very weak solution

 

[sarabande]

from their website:

"Fish: do not allow any run-off into fish-tanks or ponds, or contact with any aquatic life."

so there you are, another "bio-degradable" product that slaughters the marine environment. Even polonium is biodegradable eventually.

/forums/images/graemlins/frown.gif

 

[jfm]

"If you accept that teak is basically silver, and not brown"

Absolutely not. It should be straw-brown!

 

[Firefly625]

Yes indeed they did, obviously a main concern that was pointed out.

 

[AndieMac]

What about an even blast with a cheap water-blaster (Gernie), takes a bit of time, but cleans up teak and deck tread very nicely!

 

[BrendanS]

If you wamt to destroy your teak, carry on.....

 

[AndieMac]

By cheap I mean a small unit with low pressure, with steady even sweeps, done many decks with no problems, year after year (20 in fact).

May be operator?

 

[Vagabond]

Salt Water ... Salt Water ... Salt Water ... Salt Water ... Salt Water ... Salt Water ... Salt Water ... Salt Water ... Salt Water ... Salt Water ... Salt Water ... Salt Water ... Salt Water ... Salt Water ... Salt Water ... Salt Water ... Salt Water ... Salt Water ... Salt Water ...

Oh and use some salt in the water...

for those that haven't used salt water and the decks are mush... rip it off and use Teck Deck.