For more than 10 years, the Teak Deck can often be seen on high-priced yachts or sailing boats above 50 feet in the United States and Europe, which replaces the traditional Non-skid Deck. Teak deck looks more luxurious and noble even though the cost is several times higher, but there are many yacht buyers like his yacht equipped with this teak deck.
The teak deck is mainly installed on the moving lines of the main deck, walkways, stair treads and diving boards, etc. It is the completion of the construction of the teak deck by making a reasonable splice of the long solid teak wood of a certain thickness according to its shape on the deck. The joints are made of black lines with professional vinyl.
Teak deck is necessary to have experienced and professional technicians to achieve the perfect construction, in addition to the selection of basic teak strips, special adhesive coating and primer use, according to the various shapes of the deck walkway diving board how to make a reasonable splicing, how to ensure the quality of teak deck and so on are very professional problems.
At present, the teak decks used in the European market in the United States are roughly teak solid wood processing and PVC manufacturing processing teak decks;
1. The deck of teak solid wood processing is made of the best Myanmar teak according to the shape of the deck. The earliest teak deck is the basic configuration of sailing ships at that time, sailing ships are handmade wood, 50-60's fiberglass process has not been popularized, all yachts are made of wood, the deck surface is naturally teak splice, and later slowly developed to the high-priced fiberglass power boat will also use teak solid wood to make deck surface walkway stairs and so on.
2. PVC manufactured artificial teak deck is a new product developed abroad in recent years to replace teak solid wood deck, European and American countries have a few suppliers such as Tek Dek, Flexiteek, DEK-King and other brands. They made the PVC material into a variety of integrated materials as if teak grain and then according to the shape and size of the deck using the computer to cut and bond into several large pieces, and then these semi-finished products on the ship deck glued and installed, the completed PVC deck looks and teak solid wood made of the deck is not easy to separate out.
Teak solid wood deck surface is only polished teak solid wood strips are not painted, after wind blowing water will inevitably accumulate discoloration and lose the original rich and beautiful texture of teak, to maintain the long-term good state of teak deck must have regular, appropriate maintenance and maintenance.
Do not use teak oil, dirty stains will repeatedly be absorbed by the teak oil and stored under the oil.
The only way to restore the original golden color and texture of the teak surface is to remove the base layer of the teak surface, which can be done in two ways: one is to use sandpaper to remove the teak surface layer, and the other is to use "teak repair agent" to chemically corrode the teak surface layer. Both methods remove a layer of teak surface, and the thickness of the teak deck will gradually thin as a result.
The only best way to maintain the teak deck is to wash it regularly with detergent and seawater, and to find out which brand of foam and cold water can dissolve the detergent most easily. The reason for using salt water is that any water will seep into the teak floor through the cracks in the deck batten and will move to the screws on the side of the floor or into the replenishment material inside, but the conduction of salt water will be less perishable than that of fresh water. If the ship is in fresh water and can make its own salt water to clean, the teak deck will not know how the water is different!
If water algae sticks to the teak deck during the winter, it can be cleaned with water mixed with vinegar and easily removed.
The well-maintained teak deck has a record of being able to keep it as good as new after 40 years of use.
PVC artificial deck is a synthetic material of PVC, which can prevent ultraviolet radiation, impact resistance, oil resistance, water resistance and considerable corrosion resistance.
Maintenance does not require special methods, as long as daily cleaning can keep the PVC artificial deck in good condition.
Teak solid wood deck and PVC artificial teak deck are not much like teak from the outside, but their materials, construction, cost, use and maintenance are different.
Teak solid wood deck is the use of noble teak wood logs through the selection of solid wood bars with similar background color, surface pattern and lines to make the most reasonable and beautiful splice, all the deck planes and walkways with different width and width are best matched and trimmed by individual different positions, becoming a teak deck without flaws and solid wood sense. If the thickness is 18mm, the cost per square meter is about $400. The thickness of 18mm can withstand more than 6 times of regrinding and renovation and can maintain at least 15 years of life.
Teak solid wood deck in the maintenance is more difficult, generally speaking, the deck surface teak are not painted, to maintain the deck surface without paint requires regular cleaning, the best and easiest way is to use detergent and soft brush with seawater cleaning. Do not use too hard brushes and corrosive chemicals to scrub, which will cause scratches and wear on the surface of the teak.
If the surface of the teak is unfortunately scratched, the light can be sanded to remove the scar, and the heavy can only replace the entire wood strip.
PVC artificial teak deck is the use of pvc based materials in different widths plus black edges to make and teak appearance similar to the integrated material, and then with the shape of the ship's deck after lofting by computer cutting and splicing gluing or welding to make large products, and finally moved to the field bonding and installation to the deck, walkway and diving board and so on.
Its advantage is that the construction time is short, oil-water resistance, ultraviolet resistance, impact resistance, high anti-fouling, with anti-slip function and easy to clean. However, these synthetic deck brands are imported from abroad, and the unit price of construction should also be assigned to foreign technicians to guide, perhaps the processing cost of several brands is higher than the comprehensive cost of teak solid wood deck in China.
The disadvantage is that the integrated material has limitations, and the fixed parallel width cannot be effectively adjusted, so it is generally difficult to achieve a perfect end in the aisle, hatch opening and arc corner with different widths.
The integrated PVC deck will also have a certain proportion of shrinkage, and this contraction often deforms when the climate environment and temperature difference change greatly. (Assuming that the installed PVC artificial deck of the ship from the cold zone of northern Europe to the Arab Dubai, the artificial deck is prone to serious bubbling or deformation in the changing environment of large temperature differences)
The heat absorption of PVC deck in direct sunlight is not conducive to barefoot walking, and its heat is higher than that of teak solid wood deck, which is also one of the disadvantages.
These are the biggest weaknesses of synthetic decks.
Generally speaking, teak solid wood deck or PVC artificial deck are the option configuration of the purchase of yachts, and the type of deck you want is produced by the yacht manufacturer according to the order option.
This is a high-end configuration of a yacht and the options list is very expensive products, roughly a 60-foot yacht to upgrade from a standard configuration of fiberglass Non-Skid Deck to Teak Deck will cost about 150,000 yuan or more. (The price of PVC artificial deck with construction is about 10% or more higher than that of teak deck)
If in terms of cost performance, teak solid wood deck is still dominant; Teak gives people a sense of solid wood, excellent construction splicing out is a piece of art, in addition to maintenance is slightly difficult, the use of high stability has not happened for a long time, so most high-priced ships are equipped with teak solid wood deck.
If in terms of maintenance, PVC artificial deck may be a little cheaper; PVC deck is easy to clean and durable, even if similar but still fake teak, let alone the comprehensive cost is higher than teak solid wood.
It is also necessary to consider the changes in the use area of the yacht, and the shrinkage and deformation problems should be carefully considered when often traveling between places with large temperature differences.
Emerging products are not popular before we have more doubts, and there are few users on the market at present.
Those who stay are up to the judge!
