Fake teak that doesn't stain?

Well we could have all found out more but the first thread was closed by the moderators and then the next thread asking why was closed ! That was about flexiteak who I presume are an advertiser.

From the pics posted I could not really see the staining that well but it looked pretty mild.
 
If that were the case I would assume they would just have posted that it is x brand as the problem they were looking to solve - staining - remained.

I have seen the moderators explanation but from a purely personal point of view my version seems more likely. Not only is the original thread closed but then the follow up!
 
What a suspicious lot you are.

I am the original poster. It was my post.

I identified the WRONG manufacturer of the product. I could have left the thread alone but I believed that it would show up in anyone searching for that manufacturer so I asked for it to be removed as it is not their product and not their issue. In fact, up until the point where it was identified that it was not theirs, they proactively started to find out what could have happened.

The moderator was absolutely correct in telling you that it was because I had mis-identifed the product.

It is true that I have a fake teak product on my boat that is exhibiting staining and it is from another supplier. I have now contacted that supplier and I am now awaiting their response, but I am not going to put up the name of the supplier at this stage as I am not going to make the same mistake again by naming until I am confident of the situation.
 
We have "fake teak" on our Trusty T28. It became badly stained in a few places by an "unknown substance" (not our fault !). We contacted the manufacturers who were very helpful and gave us detailed instructions what to do. To cut a long story short we started with washing up liquid and eventually ended up having to use 80 grit abrasive paper which was lightly rubbed along the grain in the affected area's. This produced very light patches which "weathered in" in about 3 weeks, and you can not see the difference. We very very reluctant to do this but it worked out fine for us. You must be careful not to "divot" the area you are working on and feather the edges.

In summary, we did what we were told and it worked fine.
 
We are probably going to have to go the aggressive sanding route followed by the replacement if this fails.

The opinion of two fake teak companies (the wrongly identified one and the correct one) as well as the installer is that they have never seen this before and it is something that has more aggressively attacked the surface. They suggest that it could have been someone working in the yard who split or oversprayed something onto the swim platform and then used an acetone or other strong solvent based cleaner to hide their impact.

I have been trying to work out what was different about this year compared to the previous years. This year we stored it in a marina in Windsor, directly under Heathrow approach. The boat GRP gained black greasy streaks which wiped off, perhaps the swim platform was not so lucky.

Anyway, if you believe the 3 separate opinions , then it is very rare but it seems that it is not a completely impervious surface.
 
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