Teak substitute

[Guest]

I read an article recently about a product that can be used to replace worn out teak decks but is not a teak product. It is allegedly easy to cut, easy to lay, looks like teak when laid and lasts longer than teak. Does anyone know what the product is called, who supplies it and whether it meets the manufacturer's claims?

 

[rogerroger]

Iroko.

Roger Holden
www.first-magnitude.co.uk

 

[Guest]

No its an artificial product.

 

[ccscott49]

So is iroko, No seriuosly, I've seen some cork like stuff, crap, some plastic like stuff, used on super maramu yachts, crap, and some other half cork half plastic stuff, crap. Whats the matter with teak, platation type or as the man said iroko or afromosia or a couple of other timbers, even gum wood. The only stuff I've found so far that looks like teak and wears like it, ios teak.

 

[Col]

Try a search for Tek Dek, I think that's what your looking for.

 

[Trevethan]

Reminds me of Fawlty Towers.....

Would this be Norwegian teak substitute? Because it really isn't very good, no substitute at all actually...

 

[dickh]

It is Tek Dek - don't know anything about it but it is advertised in the back of PBO and ST.

 

[wayneA]

If it's Tek Dek, their website is:

http://www.southernocean.net/

Don't know how good it is though?

Wayne

 

[bedouin]

Someone over on the motorboat forum used this one their deck a few months back. They seemed to think it was excellent - but it did seem to take a lot of effort to apply

 

[pvb]

Do you have a worn-out teak deck?...

The reason I ask is that, if you do, there may be an alternative solution. I've just spent a lot of time renovating my teak deck. A LOT of time! It involved cutting off the protruding rubber caulking laboriously with a craft knife, then sanding the deck relatively smooth. You can see why people pay boatyards to do this. However, in the process, a number of teak bungs fell out, revealing the screws underneath. I've searched around, and find that Hallberg Rassy sell special shallow-headed screws which allow you to refix teak bungs. So, if you have the problem, there may be a solution.

And I agree - fake teak looks crappy. Better to take it all off and fit Treadmaster.

 

[heerenleed]

Hi,
Maybe you mean Marinedeck. It is a Dutch product (www.stazo.nl, English version).
Does not quite look like teak, but handles very easily. We are actually fitting it to the decks of our Nicholson 48, after having removed the old teak which had been mistreated by the former owner with high pressure water. We did not want teak anymore, because I never heard of anyone having a teak deck without problems. The price is about 15% of a teak deck, as you can do it yourself. There has been an article in PBO (I Think) somewhere in summer last year. A couple that kept their boat in Turkey have removed their teak and replaced it with Marinedeck. It was a rather encouraging article that made us decide to do this too. The material is a mix of cork granulate and artificial resins. It is placed in a teak-like pattern, but it is a different, more modern material. Less maintenance, just glue, no srews.
And anyway, one cannot really, these days, have a very old teak tree cut down just for the looks of your boat. The plantation quality is unfit for decks so you really need teak that was grown very slowly.

Good luck



Peter a/b SV Heerenleed, Netherlands