Wifey: Darn, I should have noted exterior....that's where the maintenance is. Honestly, we don't find it's that much to maintain though.
I don't think there is anyone on the planet who would not prefer to have exterior wood if it cost the same and were zero maintenance.But here in Washington w covered moorage I like it.
But not decks. It's too yachty anyway.
Wifey B: I'm reading all about oiling, varnishing, all these things. We simply clean with TDS products and the color remains/is restored. Not multi step or multi products. Now, we do have the advantage of doing this from the day it was new. But TDS's cleaners do what others seem to be working much harder to do. It's pretty much like a good mopping but just using a special cleaner. It takes a little longer than mopping a deck because you want to be sure to go against the grain and you use a smaller brush, plus you're more careful to keep the area wet while working and to rinse it very well as soon as done.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aVhd7Y7v6us&feature=feedlik
Looked like he was doing a fair amount of scrubbing.
Simple question: What percentage of all the maintenance are you doing to all of the teak decks on your boat?
Ted
Wifey B: What percentage am I doing? 5.12778346%. At one time I did 50% on a boat we owned but it was small and limited teak. I have done 50% though more recently to learn and to really understand. Hubby and I did it. He sure has lousy control of the hose. Everytime he went to rinse I got soaked, especially from the waist up.
Yes, the video had some scrubbing. So does fiberglass deck. Do does tile. So does carpet. I'm not saying it's work free, but I'm not saying any deck is. I'm simply saying that properly maintained teak doesn't require the effort that many are having to put in on teak that hasn't apparently been maintained as well. There are also many other things that are as much or more effort to maintain. All the deck furniture. Canvas and strataglass. Carpet when someone spills pink champagne.
I'd say our teak is 10-20% incrementally more work to maintain than fiberglass decks.
Fair enough.
Not sure how old the boat is that you are maintaining, but clearly the work required increases as the teak deck ages. Most here aren't starting with a new teak deck and their experience is with 10 to 30 year old teak and possibly poorly done applications. Failure of the application may take more than a decade to materialize.
Ted
And periodic cleaning of teak decking, for example, isn't the same as dealing with brightwork...
-Chris
Ah yes, the death of 1000 screws. Beware the leaking teak deck. Left to itself it can kill your boat, it has to be fixed.30 year old teak decks scare me, but I certainly would consider a boat with a new teak deck, especially if it was layed without using 1000 screws.