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Real teak is not a problem to keep nice if you maintain it. I have never had an issue of using a very soft brush to clean it and going with the grain. The flat doodle pads are ok, but I have used a very soft deck brush with no issues. I also have never had to get into using a 2 part cleaner like snappy, where you lose a lot of grain.
To clean teak I wet it and use sudsy ammonia. I spread the ammonia on the teak with a brush, let it sit 10-15 minutes and lightly scrub the teak with the grain and a soft brush, then rinse it all off. Next I use Gary's golden teak just like I do with the ammonia and it stays golden and you lose no grain doing this and it has the beautiful blonde look. I do this every 4-8 weeks depending on how clean it stays.
The imitiation teak is ok looking, but doesn't compare it my book in the looks department at all. I have also found it to be hot on the feet and slippery. Natural teak is easy on the feet.
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