Those of you with "FAUX TEAK" SeaDek - how is it holding up?

[Zach@n3]

I may consider making the rear lift out section on my old boat out of the stuff. We will see. I installed it on my aunts Sea Ray platform this spring and they love it especially with my younger cousin bouncing around back here more now that he's a swimmer.

[OKWAKEBDR]

I have faux teak in my 2012 210 (the PN boat), it wasn't even offerred until 2013 models. It is now 2 summers old and has gone through 1 Houston summer. I use the boat on a regular basis year-round (approx 100 hrs per year - would be more, but I go on my friends boats a lot also).

It has held up very well - no tears, bubbles, or any problems whatsoever. It fades a little bit, but not much (we always have our z5 bimini up). I'm confident it will hold up just as well, if not better than carpet.

I'll never have carpet again.

[81nautique]

Alan, They should replace it all. I see bubbles from time to time but I personally thing it's an improper installation at the factory.

Thanks Zach, I'll be bringing it to the dealer saturday to find out. Do you have a recommendation on cleaning and or treatment to keep it looking good. On the 200v there is a piece beneath the rear lift out seat and that faux teak is a LOT darker than the rest of the boat so it really does fade quite a bit. I'm hesitant to use something like 303 on it because I don't know what that might do to the adhesive. Any suggestions?

[Zach@n3]

Alan, we just use fantastic and a microfiber cloth to clean. The microfiber really gets down in the grain on the top. Don't know about protecting the surface. Seadek's colors weren't 100% dialed in until the last part of 2012 so its pretty likely that your center seat was a different color unless you documented that prior and watched the stuff exposed to the sun fade over time.

[sfjakey]

PLEASE get a 211 kit. THe 211 screams for the sea del

[NautiqueJeff]

PLEASE get a 211 kit. THe 211 screams for the sea del

Talk to White Lake / NautiqueParts.com. They can get you a SeaDek kit for the 211. Here's one they did for someone else.

[flaudia402]

Wait my bad!! I see what you mean now. That kit for the platform is a specific kit that includes the custom logo and the steps. I don't think it has an option to order if it has a tow point. The other kit has the lines oriented in the other direction to match the lines in the floor kit.

Zach, so if I understand you properly - the one you offer at your store is slightly different than the one from White Lake Marine? Yours does not have the sea-dek logo?

Can you price match White Lake/Nautique Parts price? With the PN discount your product comes out to $1015 vs. their $898. A difference of $117. You're welcome to PM me if you want! Thanks!

[Zach@n3]

Jeff, you might be careful with that 211 kit. Last I heard they pulled back selling it because the templates didn't fit right. I have a kit here waiting on a boat to come back to modify it properly.

[NautiqueJeff]

Ah, good to know!

[Zach@n3]

Yessir, I haven't been able to nail down a 211 for long enough to send in mods and receive back modified dry fits .

[sfjakey]

I'd give you mine for the winter if you were closer.

[Zach@n3]

We're the home for wayward Nautiques in the mid west haha.

[4th ski-doo]

In Jeff's pic I like the glove box covered.

on my 2011 200 the walk thru started to bubble.

Boat was kept under covered shore stations.

Titanium was was the color. I don't really recall it getting too hot to walk on, carpet was much hotter

[4th ski-doo]

I do really like the sea deck tho I've had a flaw. I was considering it an anomaly because it hasn't happened to anyone else I know or have seen thru the dealer.

I've ordered steps for the gunnel and the real strips to protect my new boat. I'm so glad it was on the 200 or I'd have never known.

I am am going to wait a year to see how it holds up now that there are a lot go G's out there trimmed in it. Of course I'm referring to sea decking the entire interior

[swankster]

After a year the SeaDek has held up very well. So much so that I will not go back to carpet. Most everyone on the boat comments on how nice if feels and prefers it over carpet and for me it is certainly way easier to take care of.

I have one cut on the swim platform from a fin and an edge tore from a support pole that I use to stabilize the Z5 top when towing long distances. The tear was because the pull was sitting on the edge of the SeaDek. I little bit of contact glue and you cannot tell where it was. Also I am careful with the cover support poles as I don't want to leave impressions or indentations. There was a tread where one of our colleagues had a pole impression but I couldn't find it to see how or if it lifted out.

And I have commented on this before but will repeat it again. If you have a cat around they may like to use it as a scratching pad, so keep is covered.