Synthetic teak deck

[paulus]

Hallo.

Has anyone experience with synthetic teak deck?


Apparently it looks pretty much like real teak, should be cheaper (there are different qualities, though) but most important it should last much longer - without losing colour - compared to real teak wood.


Here are some producers:

www.teak-it-easy.com/Teak-Deck/Yachts-Boats-Pools-teak-decking.html

www.syntheticteakdecking.com/

www.plasteak.com/



Thank you for any comment/suggestion

paulus

[Deleted]

On my previous Jeanneau i used FlexiTeek. It is great; feels warm, good anti slip, you can sand it, easy to clean. I applied it myself and experienced it is a possible DIY job. Now there are more colors available.

I think it is the best alternative for reel teak.

Marien.

[tomina]

Hi, I have an SO40. I replaced the teak on the lower deck step on the stern as it was being destroyed by continuous immersion in sea water. I used Tekdeck and the process was quote straight forward. .......... The only problem is that the synthetic material absorbs heat instantly and becomes to hot to stand on in bare feet very quickly. you must either wear shoes all the time or revert to Teak!!!! I should say my boat is in the Med where it does get very hot! tomina

[Tafika II]

Thanks Tomina for your input. I was considering applying synthetic teak to our decks, but we are taking the boat to the Caribbean and it sounds as if the heat absorption factor would be a big negative. We'll stay with the factory white decks and real teak in the cockpit and aft boarding steps.

[paulus]

Jan 28, 2014 13:43:18 GMT tomina said:

Hi, I have an SO40. I replaced the teak on the lower deck step on the stern as it was being destroyed by continuous immersion in sea water. I used Tekdeck and the process was quote straight forward. .......... The only problem is that the synthetic material absorbs heat instantly and becomes to hot to stand on in bare feet very quickly. you must either wear shoes all the time or revert to Teak!!!! I should say my boat is in the Med where it does get very hot! tomina

Hi tomina,

is there such a huge difference in terms of temperature between real teck deck and synthetic?
(real teak under strong sun can get pretty hot, too...)

I am going to keep my boat in the Med as well (Greece/Turkey)

paulus

[aussieodyssey]

Hi Paulus

Do you have teak on your deck already .I live in tropical Darwin and find the cockpit gets rather hot under foot.
I would not consider putting teak on the deck as it would make the boat way to hot in the full sun . Stick with white decks if u have them . My two cent worth .

Greg

[paulus]

G'day Greg,

I do have already teak, it is the original one (12 yo) and in some parts it is rather worn out.

Options are:
1) new teak (expensive, high maintenance and relatively short life)
2) synthetic teaks (some of them look quite ok, but they get very hot in the sun)
3) cork (it doesn't look like teak at all)

At the moment cork is kind of my favorite. It seems not to get too hot under the feet and last much longer then teak.
The look is quite different then teak, so it doesn't make any sense to compare it with real teak. One has to accept the "different look"...

Marinadeck 2000 seems to be a good product - has anyone in the Forum got experience with it?

paulus

[Don Reaves]

I was at the local boat show yesterday, and noticed that all the powerboats with teak-like decks used a synthetic material.

One nice thing about the synthetics is that they are softer than teak, so walking on them is more comfortable aside from the heat issue. Cork would share this nicer feel, I think.

Don

[so40gtb]

Some powerboats on our dock have the synthetics. They look great! And that's the problem! They always look the same, at least when you see them repeatedly, and just don't seem "real". I don't know if I could be happy with that.

[sailorbill1]

I no some boats think the teak decks are buggered,wash down and scrub with a semi soft brush with napisan,leave 30 to 1hr. and then lightly scrub with soapy water,rinse

 have a look wow there not to bad.

[moodybod]

Jan 31, 2014 21:23:29 GMT Don Reaves said:

I was at the local boat show yesterday, and noticed that all the powerboats with teak-like decks used a synthetic material.

One nice thing about the synthetics is that they are softer than teak, so walking on them is more comfortable aside from the heat issue. Cork would share this nicer feel, I think.

Don

I had cork marine deck on the cockpit benches of a previous boat for 15 years. Sanded back once to get rid of stains from ? sun tan oils/creams etc. Nice to sit on and pretty good non slip wet or dry. Compared to similar boats with painted benches she always somehow looked cozier and I thought rather classy. No comparison to the real thing so I don't know what a huge expanse would look like.