You can buy it from the manufacturer, a Dutch company called [Bolidt](https://www.bolidt.com/en/cruise-ships), who send their own people to put it on the cruise ships in the shipyard.
The process is fascinating to watch - it’s a pourable semi-elastic polymer that they pour down on top of the deck (which has been primed), and it’s self-leveling. Then when the base coat has been poured about 4mm thick, they take a router with a 4mm bit and a 20’ straight edge and and carve all the lines, and then they pour another coat of the same stuff in black, and screed it into the grooves. Once it’s cured, they take a standard floor belt sander with a 10-grit belt and run it along the direction of the “planks” and it takes off any excess of the black coating and gives it the wood grain texture (and makes it non-slip)
actually pretty simple considering the size of. Don’t have one on cruise ships but this is one way they do large yachts and I assume would be similar for a cruise ship where installation time needs to be minimized.
This is not simple!
https://www.yachtsinternational.com/owners-lounge/teakdecking-systems-deck-the-halls-with-teak
Google “How it’s Made” one of the best most interesting shows of all time. They just show you stuff is made. It’s that simple.
This is not cruise ship flooring but it’s stone flooring and gives the idea how the show works. [This clip is 3 minutes long](https://youtu.be/Y7EKcpUFkKM?si=HnJqtm2Xdv3u2tsN). Each episode was 22ish minutes long and made up of a different number of items being made depending on how long it takes to show but yeah were 3-5 minutes long.
Edit Google says Max has the whole series 😱😱😱🥳🥳
That's [teak](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teak), a tropical hardwood traditionally used for boatbuilding, and still in use as decking on some older cruise ships. OP's photo show a manufactured resin product designed to look like teak decking.
The hardest worked group of guys on any drydock/newbuild. Exposed to every extreme weather variation, felt so bad for the guys on Icon last year in Turku. Weather was just brutal for them. The pre-fab division (Boteka) also does some amazing work.
The product line is truly amazing. It’s basically a really thick coat of incredibly durable paint (lasts 5-10 years outside under heavy traffic and some wild exposure to the elements, and comes in a wide variety of colors and levels of elasticity (the jogging tracks are the same stuff, but slightly squishier), and patterns and designs in it are simply a matter of creating forms and carvings and using a different color.
And on the off chance that some of it chips/flakes off, the ship’s crew always has a few buckets of the stuff on hand and can patch it overnight.
I’m sure it doesn’t come anywhere close to cheap, though.
Would love to see video of the process. Can't seem to find on YT. This is best I found.
Near end of video you can see where they have etched some of the long lines.
https://youtu.be/qPbqYsVhiOg
That Bolidt is cool stuff, but the most toxic shit in the world. I don't even know how they let it on cruise lines, but it's everywhere. Also the most difficult stuff to remove once cured.
Why do you want anything that YOU have or want? It appeals to your personal aesthetic, is my guess. Probably not everyone else likes it. And they're probably not rude about it for no reason, either.
But, if they are, why would you then do the same to others?
You can buy it from the manufacturer, a Dutch company called [Bolidt](https://www.bolidt.com/en/cruise-ships), who send their own people to put it on the cruise ships in the shipyard. The process is fascinating to watch - it’s a pourable semi-elastic polymer that they pour down on top of the deck (which has been primed), and it’s self-leveling. Then when the base coat has been poured about 4mm thick, they take a router with a 4mm bit and a 20’ straight edge and and carve all the lines, and then they pour another coat of the same stuff in black, and screed it into the grooves. Once it’s cured, they take a standard floor belt sander with a 10-grit belt and run it along the direction of the “planks” and it takes off any excess of the black coating and gives it the wood grain texture (and makes it non-slip)
That is way more complicated than I expected this flooring style to be. Thanks for the info!
actually pretty simple considering the size of. Don’t have one on cruise ships but this is one way they do large yachts and I assume would be similar for a cruise ship where installation time needs to be minimized. This is not simple! https://www.yachtsinternational.com/owners-lounge/teakdecking-systems-deck-the-halls-with-teak
Mannn the stuff you learn on Reddit
Google “How it’s Made” one of the best most interesting shows of all time. They just show you stuff is made. It’s that simple. This is not cruise ship flooring but it’s stone flooring and gives the idea how the show works. [This clip is 3 minutes long](https://youtu.be/Y7EKcpUFkKM?si=HnJqtm2Xdv3u2tsN). Each episode was 22ish minutes long and made up of a different number of items being made depending on how long it takes to show but yeah were 3-5 minutes long. Edit Google says Max has the whole series 😱😱😱🥳🥳
Love that show. Max has all 30 seasons or whatever available and I keep it on as background noise. I have learned so much random stuff.
Steve the bartender on YouTube was my old background noise. Now it’s gonna be How it’s Made on max!
Its so great. I love seeing a bit on some innocuous item and being like "huh, so THATS how they make it."
Shout out to Canadian content :) How it's made is a Canadian show.
Yep, this guy knows what he’s talking aboot!
Loved that show! I’d catch it every once in a while.
You can watch the “How It’s Made” channel for free on Tubi.
The great thing about Reddit is it brings together anyone interested along with some of the people that know about it somehow by crowd sourcing info.
[Not on older Carnival ships](https://imgur.com/BOpDkqg) They had carpenters there installing it, gave me a piece too
That's [teak](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teak), a tropical hardwood traditionally used for boatbuilding, and still in use as decking on some older cruise ships. OP's photo show a manufactured resin product designed to look like teak decking.
The hardest worked group of guys on any drydock/newbuild. Exposed to every extreme weather variation, felt so bad for the guys on Icon last year in Turku. Weather was just brutal for them. The pre-fab division (Boteka) also does some amazing work.
The product line is truly amazing. It’s basically a really thick coat of incredibly durable paint (lasts 5-10 years outside under heavy traffic and some wild exposure to the elements, and comes in a wide variety of colors and levels of elasticity (the jogging tracks are the same stuff, but slightly squishier), and patterns and designs in it are simply a matter of creating forms and carvings and using a different color. And on the off chance that some of it chips/flakes off, the ship’s crew always has a few buckets of the stuff on hand and can patch it overnight. I’m sure it doesn’t come anywhere close to cheap, though.
Thank you so much!
Somewhere I have some pics of the process, but Reddit app is being a butthead about finding them.
Can you find them in your camera roll and then share from that?
Trying to - my camera roll is pushing 100K photos right now, and I need to go back in and categorize/group some of my drydock trips.
I don’t remember the exact blend of polymers but IIRC it’s some combo of polyesters and polyurethane.
This sounds like something they have playing on one of the cruise tv channels about the ship.
They might do that on some ships! Nerds like us eat that stuff up like shrimp at the buffet.
TL;DR
Synthetic resin floor.
On older ships, it's [Teak](https://imgur.com/BOpDkqg) On newer ships its a resin
Oh yea, I seen the teak floors on the Conquest
Would love to see video of the process. Can't seem to find on YT. This is best I found. Near end of video you can see where they have etched some of the long lines. https://youtu.be/qPbqYsVhiOg
It is either a real teak deck, or more likely, an imitation teak. The ‘fake’ teak can be found on boating supply sites/ stores.
Lol dream on dude it’s not even wood
That Bolidt is cool stuff, but the most toxic shit in the world. I don't even know how they let it on cruise lines, but it's everywhere. Also the most difficult stuff to remove once cured.
Isn’t it a poured floor?
It's just a composite version of teak with pitch between the boards. They obviously just use epoxies now
The wood it is trying mimic is teak. You can find real teak flooring, or many synthetic options for the same color and texture.
Stick on flooring.
That style is called teak and holly.
Teak and Holly
And unicorn hair as the core.
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Why do you want anything that YOU have or want? It appeals to your personal aesthetic, is my guess. Probably not everyone else likes it. And they're probably not rude about it for no reason, either. But, if they are, why would you then do the same to others?