Where is everyon with thier Teak Swim Decks?

[Fast1911]

Line-X your platform.

OUCH

[chpthril]

OUCH

I've seen a few pics of it done, dont see how it sticks to a wood that is, by nature, that oily.

[rogersbm82]

I like the Teak as well. It gives the boat that classic inboard look. I had to re-oil mine this year. I took a before pic but didn't take an after pic. It was in bad shape. I will have to get the before pic off my other computer. I sanded it down with a pretty high grade sandpaper (don't remember the grain) and applied the teak oil with steel wool. Came out really nice.

[formandfunction]

My iroko deck looks like hammered crap.Last year my wife stepped on it and the board colapsed into a rooten hole.I could tell it wasn't real teak when I bought the boat because the grain,color and texture where way off.

[gman]

formandfunction, what year is your boat? i

[formandfunction]

Late 02

[MTtigekid]

on our 07 my fam. just oils it every 2 times a summer and our teak looks awesum

[jwanck11]

i oil nearly once a month. We have a tiny bit of delamination that was there when we bought it, but it has since not gotten any worse.

[Joeprunc]

I'm getting ready to revive my teak swim deck and debating, after its cleaned and sanded down, whether to use Teak Oil or Sikkens. My girlfriend's Dad uses it on his sail boat (its in the water 8 months a year) and swears by it, hasn't touched it in 2 years and it still looks great. However his teak isn't sitting in the water like a swim deck.


Matt (Post #8) In this Thread stated that he used Sikkens and liked it, but it was a bit slick in the water. But looks like Matt upgraded boats. Anyone else out there with opinions on Sikkens, or can give some input, or should I just stick with the teak oil 3-5 times a year???

[seawalker]

15 years old, original deck, i use a lot of teak oil on it, probably 10 times during the summer