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hotshot9999
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Initially Posted - 07/10/2010 :  12:29:54  Show Profile
Has anyone tried the product Nu Teak? How is it?

www.nuteak.com/Frames_Pages/Main.htm
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aeckhart
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Response Posted - 07/13/2010 :  10:50:49  Show Profile  Visit aeckhart's Homepage
If they fabricated all the other teak parts for my boat i'd be interested. A teak deck is definately not my cup of tea.
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mikesuej
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Response Posted - 07/18/2010 :  17:46:51  Show Profile  Visit mikesuej's Homepage
Yes - I bought enough to do Cabin and cockpit. It's a nice product and it didn't take long to glue the strips together, and cut it out. It also wasn't easy to make a template using kraft paper and masking tape. I'd say I have about 10 total hours in the project and both are on the boat. I have not yet glued it all down because I'm waiting for fall, but it looks great and sands out nicely in the unlikely event of a stain. Looks real sharp - I bought the white caulk version. Some complaints that it gets too hot in the sun, but we've not had any issues with that and it's been 95 plus here. I also understand that is th enature of teak anyway, so it's not any different. I'll get some pics next time I'm out to the boat. MJ
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Stinkpotter
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Response Posted - 07/18/2010 :  19:34:31  Show Profile
I can't make any comparisons, but there's also [url="http://plasteak.com/osc/index.php?cPath=1&osCsid=0d77975cd9dec1d4e9ace7dcacc48f6d"]PlasTeak[/url]--which also does things like hand-rails and custom pieces. I got samples from them for their soles, decks, and lumber... I might go this route some day... What the heck--the rest of my boat is plastic!
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windsong
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Response Posted - 07/19/2010 :  09:04:31  Show Profile
Michael,
What did you spend? I look forward to seeing pics on how this turned out.
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mikesuej
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Response Posted - 07/20/2010 :  13:27:00  Show Profile  Visit mikesuej's Homepage
For cockpit and cabin with all materials including glue, masking tape, etc. it was around $950.

I understand from others when I was doing my research that the NUteak looks much more like real teak. It does - it has a grain pattern that is even "fuzzy" that you can sand with 40 grit sand paper and it sands a lot like wood. You actually use a superglue variant to glue the strips together. After you get them glued together, if you have any overbleed of the superglue, you can sand it right out easily.

The key is to measure twice and cut once. I bought some craft paper from Home Depot, layed out a template in the boat, cut off the excess, then taped it all down firmly. the next step made the job easy. I bought a constructiono crayon and hand rubbed all along the non-skid which then transferred the pattern to the template. So you can cut so that it is right along the edge of the non-stick. There will be a border all around both my cabin and cockpit, which I'll seal with white caulking after I glue it all down.

But it does look great.

MJ
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Nautiduck
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Response Posted - 07/22/2010 :  07:27:30  Show Profile
Mike, please post photos when you are done. Thanks.
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mikesuej
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Response Posted - 07/29/2010 :  08:18:21  Show Profile  Visit mikesuej's Homepage
Seems there is some interest in seeing the photos. So instead of waiting until fall, when I can actually get the weather and time to do the final prep-work and glue it all down and calk the edges, I thought some might like to see it now. These pics were taken with my blackberry, so they're not great. But I'll post the final project with some high quality pics later. In the cockpit you can also see somewhat my powertiller installation on my tiller. If you have questions, please let me know. Here are the pics http://seatitude.intuitwebsites.com/
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