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Jonny Quest 
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 Topic: Teak Swim DeckPosted: July-19-2015 at 10:18pm |
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My '94 S-N-O-B has a teak swim deck. The maintenance product I've been using is Meguiar's Gold Teak Oil to the deck. After applying the Gold Teak Oil, the swim deck looks great. Out on the water, the swim deck is a little slick for a few minutes with the Gold Teak Oil residue.
When I pull the boat out of the water and the swim deck dries, the teak looks like the Gold Teak Oil has never been applied. The deck goes from looking great to looking like an old, weathered, untreated deck. So, I find myself applying the Gold Teak oil after every trip to the lake. Is this normal? If not, what am I doing wrong? Any other products that last longer? JQ |
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Orlando76
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Posted: July-19-2015 at 10:28pm |
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Pffft, Tell me about it...... I think light Olde English works just as good and costs less.
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IAughtNaut
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Posted: July-19-2015 at 11:55pm |
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JQ, check this thread out. If you go down to the 2nd or 3rd post there are some great threads all about how to take care of your wood. Should have everything you need.
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OldSchoolBlue84
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Posted: July-20-2015 at 1:12am |
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I use to use starbrite which I had to keep reapplying. I went with WATCO® Teak Oil Finish and could not be any happier. Looks great on and off the water. I applied at the beginning of the season and did a very light coat before GL. You could pick it up at mostly any local hardware store for about $10.
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Jonny Quest
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Posted: July-20-2015 at 2:44am |
Don't know how I missed that thread on my "search". That made for some interesting reading. Ask 10 different people and get 12 different answers... JQ |
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Posted: August-02-2015 at 9:30pm |
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Watco is awesome and fairly cheap. I pressure spray my 06 then use a disposable paint brush with watco. Yearly job but best I have found.
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Posted: August-21-2015 at 5:26pm |
 My platform after using the pressure washing / WATCO method described above. I wish I would have taken a before pic. It was grey at best. Thanks for the tip. |
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scottsims1
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Posted: August-21-2015 at 5:28pm |
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Looks like new! East, right? Local guy wanted 100$ to do the same thing.
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91NaughtyQ
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Posted: August-21-2015 at 6:14pm |
I would do every one I could find for $100 each. It was SO EASY. Just a few minutes of pressure washing and two coats of oil. Waiting the 30 min between coats took longer than anything. |
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Jonny Quest
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Posted: August-21-2015 at 10:45pm |
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How much pressure? Nozzle? I'm always careful with wood, as the pressure washer can do damage.
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Posted: August-21-2015 at 11:41pm |
Too much water pressure and you can end up raising the grain in the wood and having a mess on your hands. |
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Posted: August-22-2015 at 12:53am |
I used the WHITE end on my unit which is for washing cars. It removed the weathering, but did not rough up the wood in any way. Probably a bit under pressured, but like you don't want to damage it. |
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Posted: September-18-2015 at 5:58pm |
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The teak care product I had been using is Meguiar's Gold Teak Oil on the swim deck. Based on OldSchool's recommendation, I bought a quart of the WATCO teak oil. The results I'm getting from WATCO are much better. Usually, I've had good luck with products from Meguiar's but their Gold Teak is off my shopping list. As a bonus, the WATCO is less expensive too...
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