Teak Maintenance Tips

Do your maintenance cleaning on exterior natural teak on overcast days, early in the morning, or late in the day, and keep the teak damp through the entire process. Do not allow the wood to dry before all chemicals being used are thoroughly rinsed. After you do a real good rinse, rinse again!

A stubborn oily stain, food stain, soil stain or any hard to get rid of stains can often be removed by dampening the area with water, spraying a liberal amount of, specifically, Knight's Marine Spray Nine cleaner, allow about 3-5 minutes to soak and rinse well. These marine cleaner are formula for tough marine conditions,

If you use teak oil for any teak products take a lot of foot traffic or steps on, try the following

After your next deep cleaning of the boards, first apply two to three coats of Deks Ole® CLEAR, matt sealer. Wipe with clean rags between each coat, allowing the coats no more than 15-20 min. to soak in. Let the final coat cure for 48 hrs. When fully cured, go over the entire surface with 000 bronze wool, working with the grain of the wood. This will take whatever "shine" is left away. Now, oil as usual. After the oil has cured to the point that it is just sticky, wipe off the excess.