Motor Boat & Yachting

“IS THAT REAL WOOD?”

ur Princess 67 is now in her thirteenth year. We have always tried to keep her looking like new but wooden teak decks can let the overall impression of the boat down. Teak gets dirty and the only way to clean it properly is to use the proprietary two-part cleaners that are available on the market. Some people will tell you that simply throwing a bucket of seawater over wooden teak decks cleans them. In my view this does very little and there is no substitute for the hard work that is needed to keep teak decks looking like new. The big problem is that after a few years of cleaning wooden teak decks with the two-part cleaners, the thickness deteriorates until there is very little

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