dhmeissner
Guru
- Joined
- Sep 26, 2012
- Messages
- 1,569
- Location
- North America
- Vessel Name
- The Promise
- Vessel Make
- Roughwater 35
No knowledge of "Amazon`s Golden Teak Oil" (Amazon, maybe unrelated, just set up shop here), but application of Deks Olje#1 requires initial saturation and then maintenance. My swimstep is just oiled (no added gloss finish#2) and has never gone black. Looks way better than left grey, and won`t develop the ridging of being left unprotected.
Wood needs protection .. even teak.
No, it doesn't. Take a stroll around the parks of London some day and check out all those 150 year old silvery grey teak benches. Or all those cedar shingled and redwood shingled houses on both coasts. Oils and finishes are for cosmetics on teak.
Explains why their decks look so good. Contrast the teak decks on Carnival, failed caulk,loosening planks, water squelch under planks, and I`m guessing, rusty steel deck underneath.Holland America uses Teak Renewer once a week. It's a dry acid mixed with water and applied to the teak...
Keep in mind that those cruise ships will be scrapped long before they reach the age that lots of our trawlers are. Additionally, the Teak is thicker and they have the staff to keep 'em pretty.