Cleaning teak

jddens · Post by **jddens** » Sat Feb 16, 2008 4:09 pm

I just refinished the teak swim platform on my F30. A friend suggested I clean it with tide laundry powder with bleach.......It worked fantastic. Cleaned right up with very little effort. I mixed some tide with water to make a soupy mixture then used a semi soft bristle brush to clean the teak...

Many of you may know of this method but I didn't and thought I'd pass it on, it was really easy and did a great job, at a fraction of the cost of commercial teak cleaners. After scrubbing lightly with the brush I wiped it down with a damp towel, then hosed it off. 4 coats of oil and it looks great!

jimini · Post by **jimini** » Sun Feb 17, 2008 6:10 pm

How much Tide and how much water? Cup per Gallon of water??

jddens · Post by **jddens** » Mon Feb 18, 2008 9:35 pm

didn't actuall measure, but I mixed about 2 cups water to about 1/4 cup tide and that did my entire swim platform. I hosed it down first to get it wet then it only took about 10 minutes to wash it down with the tide a brush.......came out so good, I'm now motivated to do the toe trim and stern rail all the way around....