Nopistn
Senior Member
Soo my caulk is cracked, a few plugs are missing, and the wood itself has a few cracks.
The decks aren't in bad shape though, no curled up ends or anything.
I was thinking of removing the caulking, replacing missing plugs, taping it off, and pouring thinned resin into the caulk lines/cracks on the deck... basically the same idea as the creepingt crack cure glue.
Then recaulk and sand the decks.
Ideally I'd sand layer of resin off the top sides (along with excess caulking) to keep the teak surface.
In my mind this would add strength by completely attaching the planks to the deck, and stopping water from intruding.
Which kind of resin would you use for this? Epoxy seems about double the price but the main drawback seem like it may be too think to creep into all the cracks and under the planks where water gets in.
I'd like whatever I use to be as close to as thin as water as possible
I was going to experiment first on the lazarette doors to make sure this idea is even feasible.
The decks aren't in bad shape though, no curled up ends or anything.
I was thinking of removing the caulking, replacing missing plugs, taping it off, and pouring thinned resin into the caulk lines/cracks on the deck... basically the same idea as the creepingt crack cure glue.
Then recaulk and sand the decks.
Ideally I'd sand layer of resin off the top sides (along with excess caulking) to keep the teak surface.
In my mind this would add strength by completely attaching the planks to the deck, and stopping water from intruding.
Which kind of resin would you use for this? Epoxy seems about double the price but the main drawback seem like it may be too think to creep into all the cracks and under the planks where water gets in.
I'd like whatever I use to be as close to as thin as water as possible
I was going to experiment first on the lazarette doors to make sure this idea is even feasible.