Re how I like the products ... I really do. Even if you don't put on the Teak Fix finish, the teak cleaner is absolutely the best there is. It works as well as some two part cleaners I'm told, but doesn't harm the gel coat. I use a squirt bottle. Wet down the area to be cleaned, squirt a bit of cleaner on the surface and then scrub it with a hand brush. Let it sit for a minute or two then rinse it off. Actually, sometimes I don't wait, particularly when the teak is very dirty. I just scrub it then immediately rinse it down.

What really grabbed me is the fact that I had just used West Marine one part cleaner on all the teak. I decided to get the Cape Anne cleaner just to be safe ahead of applying the Teak Fix finish, but when I started cleaning with Cape Anne, so much black dirt came out you would have thought it hadn't been cleaned in a year! And the teak looked wonderful afterward.

 

Note that I did no sanding before applying the Teak Fix finish. The grip on the seats is just about the same with the Teak Fix as it was after cleaning only.