New Year's Resolution 2012

The New Years resolution for this year was to finish the deck. The weather has contrived to ensure that it is still not finished. but progress is being made.

Here's the Starboard side deck; plugged; rough sanded; caulked and in the process of trimming.

At least it sort of looks like a teak deck now, and it pretty much weather-proof (in parts.)

Trimming the SABAcaulk a week after laying is hard work. It said on the blurb that it could be trimmed and sanded two days after glopping into the seams. But I feel it needs longer.

So: trimming is a slow but sure job.

The seams are cleaned out; primed; breaker tape applied in the bottom and then caulk is squidged in with the sausage gun by hand. I had thought of an air squidger, but by the time the compressor has been brought out and wired up - it will have started raining again - so by-hand it is.

The tools in the shot are:-

• Kerschen 32mm Firmer Chisel - very sharp (best to keep behind the business end)
• 120 grit paper and heavy sanding block
• Model Maker's Razor plane (useful at times)
• Best of all - a Veritas Cabinet scraper.
• Not shown - old file  - the safe edge of which is used for burnishing the cabinet scraper

I promise the next and last shot of the deck will be it finished. I just hope that it is this year.

Don't hold your breath ...


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