[Alberg30] Caulk, and teak oil

[chrishardy]

Using the epoxy you must cover it with a uv inhibiting varnish and 
maintain the varnish. fixing degraded epoxy is very time consuming if 
not impossoble. Uncoated epoxy can be ruined in only a matter of days 
with extreme exposure to the sun.  chris

George Dinwiddie wrote:

> greg wrote:
>
>> If the
>> teak is decorative I would highly recommend using West Sys. Epoxy 
>> with their
>> graphite powder as a filler.
>
>
> I just want to remind people that epoxy is not stable in UV light, 
> such as sunshine.  I *believe* that graphite powder filler would 
> effectively absorb the UV and make the epoxy relatively stable.  I do 
> *not* think that most other fillers would have the same effect.
>
>  - George [I'm not a chemist, but I play one on the web.]
>


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