Covering bulkhead - hull joints

[JumbleDuck]

Teak veneer is real teak! That's why it's called veneer and not plastic edging strip.

Of course, but thin teak stuck onto a layer of filler stuck onto a join is really not going to look like a real chunk of wood unless you do so much careful preparation work that you may as well use solid teak in the first place.

 

[pvb]

The solution could be to buy 12/15 mm thick planks and profile out cover strips to hide the offending glass.

This is not a cheap solution!

At the end of the day, it's probably the quickest, neatest and easiest solution.

 

[JumbleDuck]

At the end of the day, it's probably the quickest, neatest and easiest solution.

Agree. It's the old engineering conundrum: "Good, Fast, Cheap - Choose Two"

 

[Graham_Wright]

Just spotted a different solution;- use headlining on thin ply..

 

[LittleSister]

We have been wrestling with just this conundrum for the saloon of a 'project boat' we're renovating.

In its forecabin is a different approach to those suggested so far. Rather than cover up the GRP edging with wood (or headlining covered ply - as originally fitted in our saloon) it is simply painted over with a matt finish dark colour (in our case a sort of dark maroon). This pretty much blends into the background, and while you can see the grp cloth if you look, it is the varnished face of the ply (and the white 'ceiling') that dominate.

I am undecided about quite how successful this might be in the saloon, where it is much more visible, but as it doesn't prevent any of the other methods being done afterwards I've little to lose by trying that first.