I am looking at replacing the teak deck on a 41' Blue Seas trawler. Starting with the bow area which is leaking and in need of work. The rest of the deck is in pretty good shape. Anyone who has used the fake stuff have any suggestions on the job. It would be a DIY job and I would like to just do the bow area for now and try to match the remaining deck with the new stuff for now. I realize that may be asking a lot on matching it but hey, I can dream can't ?? Thanks! Kerry

I just saw Plas_deck by Lonseal flooring in our marina office. The salesman used to work here. It looked and felt great. If you supply them with a cardboard template, they will make-up the deck for you. Then you glue it down. The complex sample had black and white seams as well as curves, etc. It even had one edge which was curved down. No clue about cost. It feels like teak. Ron Rogers ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kerry Nelson" <kcnincal@hotmail.com> |I am looking at replacing the teak deck on a 41' Blue Seas trawler. Starting | with the bow area which is leaking and in need of work. The rest of the deck is in pretty good shape. Anyone who has used the fake stuff have any | suggestions on the job. It would be a DIY job and I would like to just do the | bow area for now and try to match the remaining deck with the new stuff for now. I realize that may be asking a lot on matching it but hey, I can dream can't ?? Thanks!

I am currently looking into the synthetic decks. I'm interested in applying it over my current teak deck, which is on it's last legs. I want to sand my current deck flat, then glue the synthetic on top of that. Flexiteek responded that their glue is recommended only to install their deck onto fiberglass. Their installation cost is $35/s.f. This does not include removal of the old deck. PlasTeak never responded to my question about applying over old teak. If I have to remove the old teak deck, I'm just going to Fiberglass over it and be done. Not familiar with Plas-Deck. A URL would be helpful. Keith _____ "Don't worry about avoiding temptation... as you grow older, it will avoid you." - Winston Churchill ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ron Rogers" <rcrogers6@kennett.net> >I just saw Plas_deck by Lonseal flooring in our marina office. The salesman > used to work here. It looked and felt great. If you supply them with a > cardboard template, they will make-up the deck for you. Then you glue it > down. The complex sample had black and white seams as well as curves, etc. > It even had one edge which was curved down. > > No clue about cost. It feels like teak.

Mea culpa Keith. Although the man who showed it to me was the Lonseal salesman, it turns out another company makes PlasDECK. http://www.plasdeck.us/Flash/pub/ It still looked great. BTW, Lonseal does make a vinyl replica of a teak and holly sole for indoor use only. Looked good in satin finish. I think that Defender sells it. Ron Rogers ----- Original Message ----- From: "Keith" <keith@anastasia3.com> | | Not familiar with Plas-Deck. A URL would be helpful.

FWIW: My neighbor (in Spain) installs Tek Dek. I have seen his installs in the marina, and he has shown me the difference between his product and other products that other boats have had installed. The Tek Dek is the best looking of them all. It seems to be easier to install than competitive products. He helped a boat in the marina who was having problems with a self install of a competitive product. Because we have a drink with this chap from time to time in the marina bar, my neighbor charged him 1/2 his usual labor $ on an hourly basis. He still made as much $ as he would have on a regular install of his own product. = it took him twice as long to install the competitive product. The flexibility of the strips seems to be important if you want to have a full strip follow the deck contour at the toe rails. Here is an estimate I generated this morning for 150 sq ft. The British pound is about $2US, so double the price and add transport. I have no idea if this product is available in North America, but it is flexible enough to be roled up and shipped in a tube http://www.tek-dek.co.uk/estimate.php Peter > From: rcrogers6@kennett.net > To: keith@anastasia3.com; trawlers-and-trawlering@lists.samurai.com > Date: Wed, 23 Jan 2008 21:32:38 -0500 > Subject: Re: T&T: Faux Teak Deck Input > > Mea culpa Keith. Although the man who showed it to me was the Lonseal > salesman, it turns out another company makes PlasDECK. > http://www.plasdeck.us/Flash/pub/ > > It still looked great. BTW, Lonseal does make a vinyl replica of a teak and > holly sole for indoor use only. Looked good in satin finish. I think that > Defender sells it. > > Ron Rogers > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Keith" > | > | Not familiar with Plas-Deck. A URL would be helpful. > _______________________________________________ > http://lists.samurai.com/mailman/listinfo/trawlers-and-trawlering > > To unsubscribe or modify your subscription options (get password, change email address, etc) go to: http://lists.samurai.com/mailman/options/trawlers-and-trawlering > > Trawlers & Trawlering and T&T are trademarks of Water World > Productions. Unauthorized use is prohibited. _________________________________________________________________