Clean Your Teak Decking Boat Flooring

This article will highlight some steps you need to follow, to clean and maintain your beautiful teak decking boat flooring, and also some common mistakes we make while we doing this. It's very important, not only to know what we have to do, but also why we are doing it so you can share the secret with all your friends.

Steps

  1. Wash down the Teak decking boat flooring.
  2. Apply soap on teak decking boat flooring evenly all over surface. Allow to soak in for Approximately 1 minute.
  3. Scrub the teak decking diagonal to the grain.
    • Do not allow teak decking or boat flooring to dry (this is a common mistake we make, especially when cleaning big areas).
    • In some instances, teak decking will need to be washed two times with the same soap we used at the beginning, to ensure a clean surface.
  4. Ensure edges of the teak decking and boat flooring are thoroughly clean and also clean fittings.
  5. Rinse off.
  6. Use an Oxalic Acid mix for neutralizing the teak decking boat flooring. Apply evenly all over and allow to soak in for approximately 1 minute.
    • Do not allow teak decking or boat flooring to dry (this is a common mistake we make, especially when cleaning big areas).
  7. Rinse off.
  8. Ensure that all silvering, grey, mould, algae and mildew are removed during the cleaning process.