In article , tiredofspam
says...

Maybe some interest....
http://www.outbackpatio.com/infoteak...furniture.html see where it
says teak doesn't float and has to be hauled by elephant because it
can't be floated.

Now other sites say it can be floated based on specific gravity.
I'll let you decide.

It is well known that _green_ teak will not float. However by the time
it becomes the deck of a ship it is no longer green.

Some species of oak sink when they're green too.

On 1/11/2011 12:58 PM, tiredofspam wrote:
I had been told this on a tour of a WWII submarine in Hackensack NJ.
The tour guide specifically brought up the topic of why teak was used
on the decks of subs.

I took the info for face value. I do believe it to be true, and
judging by the amount of silica in some teak feel that it probably
is.

On 1/11/2011 12:35 AM, Doug Winterburn wrote:
On 01/10/2011 08:23 PM, tiredofspam wrote:
Teak does not float. It was used on WWII submarine decks to
prevent giving away the subs location if hit by depth charges.
They didn't want the wood to float up.

Just some info.


Mahogany does.

Check the specific gravity of teak. It runs between .5 and .65,
depending on where it's grown - in other words, it floats.