It is important to rinse the deck regularly with sea water to avoid it drying out. Nauteka recommends oils for teak, as pollution in the atmosphere may stick to the teak surface and finally penetrate the teak which turns a blackish colour instead of its original natural ash colour.

Never use chemical cleaning agents or bleach. Mild soap well-diluted may be used occasionally.

Teak comes from south-west Asia, at between 10º and 25º latitude, between Burma, Thailand, Laos and Java.