Twister_Ken
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...it came to pass that TwisterKen cried "Hold! Enough! Let there be decks!" And behold there were <A target="_blank" HREF=http://www.writeforweb.com/twister1>Let's Twist Again
And so, in the fullness of time...
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kimhollamby
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Whoa, excellent. Bet you won't want to put boat outdoors for winter now 
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jfm
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Nice job Ken. Your own handiwork?
I still remeber the first time I used Sikaflex. Kind of got everywhere, all over my hands and up to my elbows, then I scratched my forehead a bit and got some there. I just assumed it would wash off with swarfega or whatever. Wrong. I think I had to cancel all meetings and other contact with humans for about a fortnight, till I returned halfway normal
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I still remeber the first time I used Sikaflex. Kind of got everywhere, all over my hands and up to my elbows, then I scratched my forehead a bit and got some there. I just assumed it would wash off with swarfega or whatever. Wrong. I think I had to cancel all meetings and other contact with humans for about a fortnight, till I returned halfway normal
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kimhollamby
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Ditto
Made a shower tray in a boat with previously no shower using vinyl lining stuff and loads of Sikaflex (tight budget!). Had to hide for a couple of weeks too but it never leaked...come to think about it neither did I for ages (note to self clean hands before discharging personal holding tank).
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Made a shower tray in a boat with previously no shower using vinyl lining stuff and loads of Sikaflex (tight budget!). Had to hide for a couple of weeks too but it never leaked...come to think about it neither did I for ages (note to self clean hands before discharging personal holding tank).
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A_7
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And, lo, the boat slowed down with all that extra weight...
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Dave_Snelson
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Given that this is in "Biblical Speak"
...you must have had the patience of a saint! It looks great.
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...you must have had the patience of a saint! It looks great.
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andyb
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Couple of coats of Dulux Weathershield white gloss should finish it of nicely.
"Trust me, I'm a painter"
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"Trust me, I'm a painter"
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boatless
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Ver ver nice.
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Robin
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God help the.....
.......little purple pooping busteds if they do a bomb run on that!
As a matter of interest, if you were specifying for a new boat would you go for teak decks again, assuming you were planning to keep the boat some time? I always thought they were the beez neez but we have seen several friends with problems and when we were looking to change boats found many bad examples, either needing or just having had expensive remedial work. One Westerly Oceanlord we looked at had spent nearly £25,000 on his (albeit including other work done at the same time) two more Oceanlords needed replacement decks and we saw problems on a Najad, a Malo and even our berth neighbour's Halberg Rassy.
I wonder what the ideal deck is? We have had ineffective moulded non slip (eventually painted it with non-slip paint), effective painted non slip, Treadmaster, Westerly grey non slip paint (very effective) and now have a moulded non-slip that does actually work. We have teak cockpit seats and floor which are good non slip and still OK but a neighbouring Moody has just had to replace his.
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.......little purple pooping busteds if they do a bomb run on that!
As a matter of interest, if you were specifying for a new boat would you go for teak decks again, assuming you were planning to keep the boat some time? I always thought they were the beez neez but we have seen several friends with problems and when we were looking to change boats found many bad examples, either needing or just having had expensive remedial work. One Westerly Oceanlord we looked at had spent nearly £25,000 on his (albeit including other work done at the same time) two more Oceanlords needed replacement decks and we saw problems on a Najad, a Malo and even our berth neighbour's Halberg Rassy.
I wonder what the ideal deck is? We have had ineffective moulded non slip (eventually painted it with non-slip paint), effective painted non slip, Treadmaster, Westerly grey non slip paint (very effective) and now have a moulded non-slip that does actually work. We have teak cockpit seats and floor which are good non slip and still OK but a neighbouring Moody has just had to replace his.
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ParaHandy
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will we be allowed to walk across it ...
yours in penury ...
does like nice, though ....
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yours in penury ...
does like nice, though ....
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dralex
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Re: God help the.....
The stuff on my Dehler is very grippy, despite being 14 years old now. I'm not sure what it is, but apparently it started life grey and has now changed to a dull yellow. Any ideas? Whatever it is, it works really well. the other option is to forget yourdecks and just wear very sticky shoes- much cheaper. /forums/images/icons/wink.gif
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The stuff on my Dehler is very grippy, despite being 14 years old now. I'm not sure what it is, but apparently it started life grey and has now changed to a dull yellow. Any ideas? Whatever it is, it works really well. the other option is to forget yourdecks and just wear very sticky shoes- much cheaper. /forums/images/icons/wink.gif
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longjohnsilver
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It's amazing what you can do with a few sheets of shuttering ply........................./forums/images/icons/wink.gif
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Twister_Ken
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Not again
Cosmetically, when in good nick, teak decks look great, But they are suffused with possible problems, not least in hot and sunny places where we'd all like to sail. However:
• Moulded in non-slip eventually wears and is then a total pain to redo
• Treadmaster (and lookalikes) seems difficult to keep looking fresh and are almost as much of a problem to replace as teak (overstatement, but maybe not too much)
• Painted systems wear quite quickly and need to be redone, but at least that's an easy job. However, they can look nasty.
Maybe the eventual answer will be <A target="_blank" HREF=http://www.tek-dek.co.uk/gallery.html>artificial teak?</A>
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Cosmetically, when in good nick, teak decks look great, But they are suffused with possible problems, not least in hot and sunny places where we'd all like to sail. However:
• Moulded in non-slip eventually wears and is then a total pain to redo
• Treadmaster (and lookalikes) seems difficult to keep looking fresh and are almost as much of a problem to replace as teak (overstatement, but maybe not too much)
• Painted systems wear quite quickly and need to be redone, but at least that's an easy job. However, they can look nasty.
Maybe the eventual answer will be <A target="_blank" HREF=http://www.tek-dek.co.uk/gallery.html>artificial teak?</A>
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Twister_Ken
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>Nice job Ken. Your own handiwork?<
No. I'm too busy working, so that I can pay the professionals to do. (Logical disconnect there somewhere)
My maxim is "Do what you do best. Get someone else to the rest."
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No. I'm too busy working, so that I can pay the professionals to do. (Logical disconnect there somewhere)
My maxim is "Do what you do best. Get someone else to the rest."
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Magic_Sailor
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Looks great Ken. Very posh.
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MrG
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Absolutely gorgeous...
I bet you just go down to the boat and sit there looking and admiring that deck, possibly for hours on end.
People will pay to come and admire such a piece of work, possibly with the correct footware, they may even be allowed to walk on such haloed surface...
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I bet you just go down to the boat and sit there looking and admiring that deck, possibly for hours on end.
People will pay to come and admire such a piece of work, possibly with the correct footware, they may even be allowed to walk on such haloed surface...
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Rowana
Two steps lower than the ships' cat
Thou must owe Babcock, son of Wilcox many sheckles of gold for such a job!
Looks excellent, though. Well done!
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Looks excellent, though. Well done!
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tome
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Looks very good Ken. Is it glued down? Can't see any fastenings.
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Twister_Ken
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Yeah, sort of.
It is glued, onto an epoxy, but it was fastened with screws and penny washers going through the seams between the planks, to hold the curve while sandbags and other weights kept the teak in an intimate relationship with the epoxy. Screws now removed and their holes will receive a Sikaflex injection as part of the main seam filling process.
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It is glued, onto an epoxy, but it was fastened with screws and penny washers going through the seams between the planks, to hold the curve while sandbags and other weights kept the teak in an intimate relationship with the epoxy. Screws now removed and their holes will receive a Sikaflex injection as part of the main seam filling process.
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johna
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Re: Not again
Ken
I was wondering where you had got to on your decks as the question of what to do to Kalivalas' decks has raised its head again. The finished job looks great, just the fittings to go back on now!!!
I agree with your reference to artificial teak I think that it must be the way to go. Anyone any experience of retro fitting to decks rather than cockpit floor or seats?
Johna
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Ken
I was wondering where you had got to on your decks as the question of what to do to Kalivalas' decks has raised its head again. The finished job looks great, just the fittings to go back on now!!!
I agree with your reference to artificial teak I think that it must be the way to go. Anyone any experience of retro fitting to decks rather than cockpit floor or seats?
Johna
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