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Dear Philippe, whatever will come out as a product for the best caulking: for cleaning purposes just apply "Boracol" on the teak at the beginning of the season and then just wait. No scrubbing, no washing. Sun and rain will do the work. Within 2 - 3 weeks the deck will be clean again and has got a nice silvery glamour. A Halberg Rassy owner gave me the hint some years ago. It seems that it is recommended by their yard. I have made very good experiences with it and do not bother about a dirty deck any more. See www.boracol-shop.de for more details. The page is in Engish, German, Dutch und French.
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Hello everyone. I hope I am not starting a crazy thread, but I must say that this is a topic which starts to drive me crazy! Soeur Anne's deck hs been replaced some 7 years ago. First caulking was Sikaflex 290 DC. After 2 years it started to leave black marks in certain places, especially of course on our girl's beautiful bathing suits. My mistake was most probably to have cleaned it with a special product for teak deck after a rather rough winter. Second caulking (in some places only) was with SABA caulk. Seemed to resits a little bit better. But now Saba has ended this production (too many problems??) So now I am wondering whether to use: TDS - SIS 440 which is a US product, not needing any primer apparently, or a German product by Nautichem: sealing compound type H, which seems to be silicone based, and eventually resists more to cleaning products, but very expensive. Has any-one some experience to share in this matter or advice to help me choose the best solution. I know, one should wash his deck only with sea water but when it gets too dirty... well I recognise my mistake. Many thanks for your suggestions. Kind regars, and happy sailing. Philippe.41/022 Soeur Anne Dear Philippe,this is only my personal opinion. Sikaflex is not worse than any other silicon based product. It might only be slightly more expensive. Their instruction is to never use any chemical product for cleaning the teak. Traditionally, rubbing lemon halves and spraying salt water would be enough. .. |
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