PVC teak replacement

[PhilS]

We are considering fitting PVC teak replacement on Tilly, a Jeanneau SO 409. Anyone got any advice (good/bad idea, recommend a fitter or product)?

 

[Malish]

better asked on Scuttlebutt or PBO, more footfall there, as the mods to move the post?

 

[harvey38]

We're very happy with Tek-Dek, five or six different shades of 'Teak' available, great underfoot and a realistic surface, very non-slip.

The photos don't really do it justice as they lost a great deal of resolution being re-sized to post.

 

[Tradewinds]

Talk to Olly Rofix - www.rofixrestoration.com

Bear in mind that preparation is key. If your deck has lumps and bumps your newly fitted deck will look like railway tracks that have buckled in the heat. You can spot boats with this problem a mile off. Walk round a marina with a critical eye. I've only seen one boat that, to my eyes, looked the business and he paid a lot of money for the job much of which went on fairing the substrate.

 

[PhilS]

We're very happy with Tek-Dek, five or six different shades of 'Teak' available, great underfoot and a realistic surface, very non-slip.

The photos don't really do it justice as they lost a great deal of resolution being re-sized to post.

That looks good! Who fitted it, was it on the East Coast?

 

[davidej]

We invited several suppliers/ installers to visit our boat and give us an estimate. Some never replied and those that did visit didn’t come up with a quotation.

Waste of everybody’s time. We got Ross at Mersea Marine to repair the existing teak and, as ever , he did a great job.

 

[harvey38]

That looks good! Who fitted it, was it on the East Coast?

Tek-Dek supplied and fitted, the boat is in Ramsgate but distance isn't an issue, they did a job in Staffordshire recently.

 

[PhilS]

Tek-Dek supplied and fitted, the boat is in Ramsgate but distance isn't an issue, they did a job in Staffordshire recently.

Thanks, Tek-Dek have confirmed they can quote. Someone in our marina also suggested them as well as a couple of suggestions for flexiteek.

 

[Rafiki]

Thanks, Tek-Dek have confirmed they can quote. Someone in our marina also suggested them as well as a couple of suggestions for flexiteek.

I used Tek Dek to replace the worn out stuff on my cockpit seats. As others have said preparation is vital. Also "margined" panels look so much better and not that much more expensive.

 

[PhilS]

I have heard about "vacuum bagging" as part of the gluing process. Does anyone know what this is and who can do it?

 

[ex-Gladys]

Vacuum bagging is more to do with moulding new stuff. Basically, it involves "what it says on the tin". The material (carbon fibre mat, kevlar, glass mat etc) are placed into the bag and once the lay up is complete, the bag is sealed and the vacuum induced. This makes sure that the resin is properly sucked into the laminate... Quite a specialist job, and a bit difficult to do as part of a repair, as far as I am aware...

 

[Tradewinds]

I have heard about "vacuum bagging" as part of the gluing process. Does anyone know what this is and who can do it?

They seem to use lead(heavy) weights - lots of them.

 

[Keith 66]

Vacumn bagging can be done on a flat surface such as a deck using sealing tape or strip, (Its like a roll ofsticky blu tac), vac bags can be made of silicone rubber, nylon or other stuff, at a pinch polythene sheet can be used.
Put a vac connector in the middle & suck the air out. It gets quite involved the bigger it gets & can be very expensive on consumables. But if you want a perfect even clamping pressure it cant be beat.