Replicate teck decking with paint?

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I need to strip off my teak deck (just about worn through), which is bonded to the fibreglass deck.

I don't want to put teak back on but do like the look.

Is it a crazy plan to paint the bare deck black, mask off 5mm wide strips with fine line masking tape, then paint over with a light grey anti-slip to replicate a teak deck look?

I was thinking that the grey anti slip in contrast with the black lines might give a good result but not sure if someone tried such a thing?
 
Sounds like a good idea, why not? Light grey deck paint, with a little honey coloured or golden paint mixed in to give a slightly warmer colour.I think it would look great!
 
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Bit hard to get parallel lines running around your deck with the masking tape... otherwise great idea.

If you can solve that I would love to see the result!
 
I would guess that it will look absolutely dreadful. It will probably look awful when new unless you have employed a signwriter. It will look even worse when part-worn. A clean painted deck with non-slip finish will look fine.
 
Think it would tend to look OK at some distance, but would very quickly detoriorate close up. So who are you doing it for?

Edit: I did do one with glued on thin teak on a 27ft. Looked super, but was a LOT of work and I managed to find a big teak plank at knock down price that the wood yard had forgotten about. Doubt that would happen again..
 
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Why not get that fake teak stuff?

That deck is going to look awful about 10 mins after you finish painting it.
 
I tried to get a sign writer i make signs for to paint the lines on my runabout , hes high end but said he didnt want to mess up my varnish if it went wrong . Not so high end i guess .
I ended up contacting a van wrapping company that took a picture of the boat and then snapped it into the computer and made me a massive sticker . They said i could varnish over it but its lastest so well i dont see the point and they have it stored on the computer so a new one can be made if i need it .
 
Ghodula said:
I need to strip off my teak deck (just about worn through), which is bonded to the fibreglass deck.

I don't want to put teak back on but do like the look.

Is it a crazy plan to paint the bare deck black, mask off 5mm wide strips with fine line masking tape, then paint over with a light grey anti-slip to replicate a teak deck look?

I was thinking that the grey anti slip in contrast with the black lines might give a good result but not sure if someone tried such a thing?
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Bravo, all in the true spirit of PBO 50 yrs ago. You might also add a bow sprit & bumpkin too
 
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