Artificial teak is also known as synthetic teak or faux teak. It is an upgraded teak used for many purposes like wooden boat flooring and wooden furniture. As we all know that how much care and work require to keep clean a wooden boat in order to make them beautiful. Original teak needs brushing with teak oil every few months to prevent it from drying out. On the other hand faux teak does not require maintenance and it ia quite easy to keep it clean. So, if you want the look and feel of the original teak decking for your boat, you should choose the synthetic teak. There are many reasons behind the popularity of this type of teak.
The most important advantage of faux teak, it is cost effective. Real teak is too expensive to use for the flooring of a boat, so synthetic teak is a good alternate in order to reduce the cost of flooring. This type of teak is flexible so it is easy to use it as decking. Faux teak is easy to install and require no maintenance only needs a simple cleaning because it doesn’t absorb any kind of liquid like red wine. The color of this teak fades from golden brown to silver after only few months.
Faux teak come in different colors such as black, white, off-white, carbon and much more. This type of teak made with the complex synthetic material that is 100% recyclable. It also offers non-slip quality. This type of teak will not fade and crack as it is flexible so you can install it in a tube. You can also make logos, boat name and other graphics on the decking with faux teak. It also features woth heat absorption as th faux teak material in darker color keeps it hot .
Hence, these are the advantages of synthetic teak used for the decking of a boat.