[Public-list] teak deck caulk

Glenn Brooks brooks.glenn at comcast.net
Mon Sep 12 10:36:51 PDT 2005


Dolce has teak strips on the (cockpit lockers)held in place with boat 
life and they have all pop'ed loose.   epxoy sounds like a good idea!

Glenn Brooks

Elaine and Brian Timmins wrote:

>
>>> Will deck caulk be a good idea?  And what kind do you recommend?
>>>
> I can't tell you if using regular caulking will hold the teak in 
> place, but I used the Boatlife 2 Part Teak Deck Caulk when I redid all 
> the seams on my teak deck. It works just fine for this application. I 
> believe that the Gourgeon Brothers suggest setting the teak strips in 
> thickened epoxy to hold them in place, then just caulk the seams. 
> Believe me when I say that I wish my teak decks were epoxied in place 
> rather than held in place with screws. There's a reason boats like 
> mine got the nickname "Leaky-Teaky"
> Regards,
> Brian  ex#497
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