Be careful, too often kit strips, for deck planking (and hull), are too wide. about caulking, we often see very beautiful models showing a too wide caulking. which is easily explained by the difficulty of measuring the right widths to be given to caulking. only an electronic caliper can measure such widths.. This video is about re-caulking, sanding and refinishing teak decks call: 786-853-1542 miami * fort lauderdale https://www.sysyachtservices.com email: cm@sysyachtservice.com.. With the exception (basically) of certain types of pleasure boats/yachts, those lines in real life are caulking, i.e. a substance of some kind (from old-rope-and-tar too modern synthetics) that has been pressed into the joints between the planks to make the deck watertight..
Caulking (calking) introduction. making the seams between the shell or deck planks of a ship watertight. caulking is a technique whereby the gaps between the shell strakes or deck planks are sealed using fibres, cord and pitch.. This may sound strange, but while doing the simulated caulking of the deck on my harley almost a harvey, i started wondering if the eye-liner products (for women) could do the same job as a graphite pen.. Shipwright louis sauzedde demonstrates his method for caulking wood planking. follow more of his traditional wooden boat buildings methods at http://www.
