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We have used Flexiteek on about 35 boats over the last three years. The look and feel is like teak or better. Better in that it is really nonskid, also when wet.
It is as sensitive to grease as real teak, but can also be sealed as real teak to give it a little better protection. It is of course very sensitive to aceton...
A weak point is that it darkens with age, which can partly be recovered by sanding, but I donīt know how it will look like after more than three years...?
Anyway, it is about the same price as real teak of similar dimensions. It looks a lot better over time with less maintenance, except that it darkens.
On real teak, if kept clean, as in flushed almost every day and using those semisoft pads (brown) to rub away dirt, it will last a very long time with the perfect light sand colour. To recover bad maintenance is the dishwasher powder trick very efficient, with hot water on small and pre-wet surfaces with a lot of flushing afterwards. Maybe sanding to get an even surface and never ever use brushes and especially not with the grain!
I have left a yacht after five years with the teak looking and feeling almost as new without using any "teak products".
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