TEAK DECK silver or oil ?

[deb]

teak deck silver or oil
our boat kerrara has 2 teak decks should we teak oil decks. we did do that one year and decks looked lovely.
now we have let them go silver its better for safety on deck but doesnt look so nice any hints

 

[Deleted User YDKXO]

Never ever oil teak decks. It looks crap (IMHO) and makes the teak more slippy. Teak should be left to age naturally with occasional washing with seawater or a proprietary teak deck cleaner

 

[Piers]

Don't oil - leave it to go that lovely silver colour. But do keep it clean by using plenty of water with a 3M white scotchbrite pad (the white version is non-abrasive).

 

[mjf]

Agree - oil is a no no.

Keep it washed, use SW when you can and very occassionally use a teak cleaner.

Spot clean greasy marks with white spirit.

 

[tcm]

the two-part gear from wessex chemical factors will make it new.

Once it looks new, a sloosh with water mixed with dishwashing powder will maintain the newness.

 

[LittleShip]

Agree with 3m pad and washing powder but must add only across the grain NEVER never with it?

Teak decks should be silver, they are better silver and much, much safer when wet and silver.

Tom

 

[Nick_H]

Whatever you do don't be tempted to use Teak Wonder Sealer, its goes a vile yellow colour after a while and is a bu88er to get off.

 

[INKABOAT]

Like you, I love the look of oiled teak. However, it's a pain to keep it looking that way. We started using Starbrite Tropical Teak Sealer (a petroleum base product) some years ago and it does what it says on the tin. Non slip but looks fabulous for the full season. You need to use Starbright Teak restorer to remove it.

 

[ccscott49]

Leave em alone!!! A wash wiv daz, does for mine!

 

[Solitaire]

Try this stuff! It is fantastic and will be your answer to all teak cleaning needs.

 

[DaCostaGreene]

Try Tek-Dek, no oling neede and looks new for, well forever, and its class one which means low slip hazard!!

All the fun oiling your Teak deck!!

 

[tcm]

Onward ££££££ !

holy heck, it's 25 quid for a 1-litre pack.

Wessex chemical factors is £5 per litre for the same green/red stuff.

The semco is the weird teak sealer that looks yellow, afaik. Avoid, i think.

 

[Solitaire]

Re: Onward ££££££ !

I'm only going on people who have used it and swear by it. I've seen the before and after and it looked bloody good to me. As to price, I'm led to believe a little goes a long way!

 

[tcm]

Re: Onward ££££££ !

The £25 quid tag may explain why i saw someone at mercury applying it to their decks ....with a toothbrush!

 

[jfm]

Neither imho. Decks should never be oiled (looks awful...), but nor should they be silver. They should be straw brown, just like teak looks when new/sandpapered. You can keep them straw brown by careful cleaning using eg the Wessex product mentioned. You will never see a well-maintained superyacht with oiled decks nor with silver decks (though, many of them have 20mm thick teak so they give them a light power sanding in winter...)

 

[ccscott49]

Is it wood? No, then..................

 

[DaCostaGreene]

Is your boat made of wood? Probably not, give the traditionalist in you a break, this is a new era for boat building, in the next 10 years, Tek-Dek will be fitted to the majority of new boats from build, just as they are made using GRP, carbon, kevlar etc... Powerboats and such like, aren't exactly traditional anyway, are they?? No, so as I have said before, there is no genuine reason, apart from "its wood" that you should us a Teak deck over a Tek-Dek, unless you like hard work, spending money on oil (£25.00 from onward apparently) etc... Any complaints to my email, cheers!!

 

[tcm]

tek-dek taking over the world?

The notion that tek dek will almost entirely replace teak surely isn't realistic. Is it?

There is no sign that use of natural teak is waning, quite the reverse - more and more so-called "budget" boats have teak over a GRP deck, eg bavaria 40+ foot sailing boats.

The same sort of argument was put forward in the sixties in the garment industry - we'd all be wearing Lycra jumpsuits and plastic shoes. More hardwearing, flexible, smoother fitting and so on, it all made sense.

But 40 years later the smartest shirts and shoes and suits are made of cotton, leather, silk or wool.

The look and feel of some synthetics just isn't as good or as satisfying as the natural product. There might well be higher cost and more maintenance work, but the reward is a better feel.

The same applies in houses - people recognise the difference between a real wood floor and a synthetic, and will pay far more for the natural product, in increasing not decreasing numbers.

There is increasing home ownership, and floorcoverings and clothes are more affordable. So there are more plastic/synthetic floor coverings and more numerous synthetic garments/shoes. But this has not crowded out natural products - quite the reverse.

The same applies to tek dek. There may well be more teak-covered GRP decks, and some of these may well be in Tek-dek. But it is not a foregone conclusion that most or all will be in tekdek by any means. Brentford Nylons went bust, didn't they? Despite rock-bottom prices, people wanted something that felt better.

Time will tell, of course. I think it's had enough test martketing though, and so far i see few brave enough to try sell a boat costing over (say) £100k fitted with tekdek. Same as cars costing over about £25k just have to have leather seats.

 

[Deleted User YDKXO]

Yup, I have a complaint. I dont have a problem with Tek-Dek per se but I do have a problem with you using this forum to promote your company's products as you have done in this post and many others
Peeps in the marine trade are very welcome on this forum but please don't use it as a blatant advertising medium

 

[DaCostaGreene]

I pay for advertising, I use this forum to try and change peoples opinions not to promote my products!!

TCM - Tek-Dek professional, have you seen this product? It is made 60% of wood and the rest is plastic, if you would like I can send you a sample, this feels much more wood like. Out of interest, have you actually seen and felt Tek-Dek flexible? I think if you had had a proper encounter with it you would have a different opinion, like I have said before, I am not biased, as I sell Teak and Tek-Dek, it just so happens that from where I'm sitting, I am selling more Tek-Dek than Teak and that is to the boat builders!! With no real effprt. Its just the public that need convincing now, its all good fun.

I do actually value you what you say, but I don't remember the 50's or 60's so I can't comment on the Lycra thing, but thanks for the heads up about going bust!! It looks a long way off though.