Teak deck imitation

[opalcutter]

Has anyone tried any of the imitation teak decks. If so was it easy to fit and what do you think of the finish?

 

[Parsonsheath]

Wasn't there an article in PBO recently on this? Sorry, cannot recall which month.

 

[tangomoon]

Somebody on here said it was not very nice. Last six months I think

 

[billcowan]

Do the honest decent thing, just paint it

 

[opalcutter]

nope, no paint, anyway don't think paint over carpet would look to good /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif Would re carpet if I could find a supplier of rot proof carpet. Still some form of teak takes my fancy and shes an old boat and deserves the best I can get.

 

[Sy-Revolution]

Tek Dek and Dek King to my mind looked pretty poor at LBS the other week, Flexiteek / Aikona I was impressed with however. Wouldn't use it below tho.

 

[macd]

Are you asking about teak-effect finishes for decks or cabin soles?

 

[sighmoon]

The fake rolex of the marine world.

 

[gjgm]

search onmbchat for last year.. frequent topic. On the whole, practical, but doesnt look like teak. And not necessarily that much cheaper. The more I looked into it, the more convinced I was you need a fantastic attention to detail or it looks horrendous. Fitting costs are not cheap...

 

[Nautorius]

With all these Fake-Teaks, the best idea is for you to provide a template, and get the company to make it up. Then it arrives backed to some paper, you put glue on the deck and stick it down with some weights. It does about double the cost but saves you from making a very expensive mistake unless you have hours and days spare. It all saves you the fitting cost which is majority of travel time.

Get the template right, get a nice day and the job is a good one. Done well it will last and look good. Get it wrong and you always know. I saw a Fairline Targa 29 with this done right (brilliant) and one done wrong (awful). The difference is amazing. If I was doing it I would get the templates made up and then get the Flexi teak delivered made up. You do save a bit on wasted materials as well!

Cheers

Paul /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif

 

[tangomoon]

Good advice fitting is hell

 

[Sultans_Kapitein]

All good points, especially the one about reducing wastage.
Mal

 

[opalcutter]

thanks everybody. This stuff is just too expensive to mess about with..

 

[simon_sluggett]

The cost is as much as real teak , but with less maintainance.

 

[thailand69]

Just looks naff...........