Teak decks....

AIDY

AIDY

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Going to re-do my teak decks, have bought 6mm planks. Thought about laying it on fibreglass matting first, to raise it slightly. This would give it a bit of height so i could sand it back in years to come. Any thoughts on this ?

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Why would laying it on matting give you more scope to sand? 6 mm of teak is 6mm no matter what it's laid on.

Treat it right and you should never need to sand it anyway.

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Erm .. you might find TK has extensive & extended experience of de & re furbishment .. so much so its put him off sailing altogether and he's no longer upgrading to a Bav but degrading to a RibEye

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No reason a RIB can\'t have teak decks

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Thanks Ken the teak is in the cockpit area only, and the floor and seats sit in a 6mm recess cut into the GRP (currently got that horrible laminate ply/teak sheets at moment that keeps lifting no matter how much west system gets pumped into it). Thought the matting would raise it just enough out of the recess to allow sanding in years to come if needed and not cause too much of a rain gutter.

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I'd agree with tome. If you put GRP matt on it, it will take quite some effort to get it perfectly flat, so why bother, much better to use thicker teak or not bother raising it at all as you shouldn't need to sand it anyway

Sikaflex do quite good leaflet on use of their adhesives for installing teak deck, and the use of release tape under the caulking, etc

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K J Howells at Cobbs Quay in Poole (they show at SBS) will make you up solid teak panels to your templates ready to lay in place and the guy is very knowledgeable about matters teak. Personally I would have thought 6mm is a bit on the thin side, we have solid teak in ours and I believe it is more than that even as worn down after 16 years, my guess is 8mm.

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yup Dave Howell knows his stuff.

Wood is coming from howells.

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"Going to re-do my teak decks, have bought 6mm planks."

As you have already bought the 6mm thick teak strips / planks I would suggest you get some 4 mm thick iroko and epoxy those to the back of the teak leaving a 4~5mm overhang on one edge to give you spacing for filling with black sikoflex.
I assume the teak is already cut into strips for you.

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Please, please don't sand the teak after you've fitted it. There should be absolutely no need once it properly laid. It doesn't even need to be high pressured. Use an Oxalic Acid solution to keep it clean which doesn't need to be scrubbed on and rinses off.

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