Teak Site

Rodman · Post by **Rodman** » Thu Jan 14, 2010 9:55 am

I thought this was interesting site.

PlasTEAK Inc. builds custom Boating and Marine Swim Platforms, Bow Pulpits, and teak duplication or replications. Replace your old teak with plasteak and never have to maintain your teak again.

http://plasteak.com/osc/index.php?cPath=1

Stripermann2 · Post by **Stripermann2** » Thu Jan 14, 2010 9:59 am

Yep. If you do a search, you'll find topics on this subject.

I almost went with them but ended up with a platform off an F36, which I need to install...one day.

Rodman · Post by **Rodman** » Thu Jan 14, 2010 10:03 am

Stripermann2 wrote:Yep. If you do a search, you'll find topics on this subject.

I almost went with them but ended up with a platform off an F36, which I need to install...one day.

I am working on my platform today as well. Its going to be in 70s yea yea, we have some strange cold weather for the last two weeks....

foofer b · Post by **foofer b** » Thu Jan 14, 2010 5:56 pm

Rodman, I ended up stripping mine with paint stripper after sanding for what seemed like days.

foofer b · Post by **foofer b** » Thu Jan 14, 2010 5:59 pm

Oh and the method I found that worked the best was to use a paint roller and a 4" brush to slop on the stripper and a nylon scrub brush to get the varnish off. Let it sit a while after rolling/brushing and then scrub.

Rodman · Post by **Rodman** » Thu Jan 14, 2010 6:47 pm

foofer b wrote:Oh and the method I found that worked the best was to use a paint roller and a 4" brush to slop on the stripper and a nylon scrub brush to get the varnish off. Let it sit a while after rolling/brushing and then scrub.

Its coming along but far from being ready to reseal.

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wowzer52 · Post by **wowzer52** » Thu Jan 14, 2010 9:41 pm

I ran my swim platform through a drum sander at a cabinet shop.

foofer b · Post by **foofer b** » Thu Jan 14, 2010 10:02 pm

It does look like someone put some screws into your platform. Mine was only screwed ( bolted actually) horizontally. What are you sanding with, a belt sander? It looks like you are taking a lot off.

Rodman · Post by **Rodman** » Thu Jan 14, 2010 10:24 pm

foofer b wrote:It does look like someone put some screws into your platform. Mine was only screwed ( bolted actually) horizontally. What are you sanding with, a belt sander? It looks like you are taking a lot off.

Hand sanding with 100grit. Then I have 150 and 220 , No its not a lot just some imperfections so I am sanding them out. I may remove ( know I will ) remove all those ugly screws and fill the holes with dust from sanding and redo them right. It`s a shame someone dumb azz put all those in there. I did not think that they looked like they belong in there.

Rodman

rossjo · Post by **rossjo** » Fri Jan 15, 2010 12:22 pm

I had a bad experience last summer with PlasTeak. I ordered some 1" x 2.5" x 6' PlastTeak lumber, and they sent it rolled up. I had to take it out and set it in the sun with a reverse bend and weights for 3 days to get it flat enough to work with. It did work, but doesnt really look like teak. We'll see how it holds up to UV over time.

I called them, and the owner told me too bad - they send all of their lumber out rolled up, and wouldn't do anything about it even though I requested (demanded in the end) flat lumber (I was paying for shipping anyway). All to no avail - and they never followed up ...

Shortly thereafter, I saw that a US jury has ruled in favor of Flexiteek, in its patent infringement against PlasTEAK and PlasDECK, so I guess they had bigger problems ...