Boat work. Sanding deck.

[Woodkrafts]

Sanding a deck. The Rotex 150 with a 40grit makes quick work out of it.  Going to make a second pass with 60-80grit and later apply Semco natural sealer.

 

[Jasonj888]

Looks like a long and ugly job. On the upside, you get to be on the water while you work on it! Looks like a gorgeous boat.

 

[mike_aa]

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Looks like you are making some great progress on what appears to be a challenging job.  Is there a reason to finish only to 60-80 grit?  Is it because it is part of the deck and you want it to retain some traction and not be too slippery?

Thanks, and please show some finished photos if you can!

Mike A.

 

[Woodkrafts]

Yes it's a back braking, knee bruising job. I'm in Caribbean and it's easy over 100 degrees and the boat is in the yard, so no water time ether.
Yes, you don't want to sand to fine, it can get slippery. You can go down to 120grit. But I always go to 80 grit. Don't want someone to slip and fall over board on a deck I refurbished.
Saw I managed to screw up the picture. Sorry about that.. Post from my phone.
Will post some more tomorrow as the sanding will be done.

Regards Dave

 

[Woodkrafts]

Almost done...

 

[Cheese]

Just curious...what happens if you sand the planking below the black in-fill lines, can you cosmetically correct for that?

It seems to me that the teak, once sanded below the in-fill lines, would need to be re-routered which could prove to be quite difficult.

What is the black in-fill material, a type of caulking or a stain/paint?

 

[Holmz]

Just curious...what happens if you sand the planking below the black in-fill lines, can you cosmetically correct for that?

It seems to me that the teak, once sanded below the in-fill lines, would need to be re-routered which could prove to be quite difficult.

What is the black in-fill material, a type of caulking or a stain/paint?

The Sikaflex® 290i DC is the only one that I know of that is sandable...
Sikaflex® 290i DC Caulk:http://aus.sika.com/en/solutions_products/01/01a006/01a006sa02/01a006sa02100/01a006sa02101.html
(It should work in Mn  [tongue])

It was mentioned in another thread as a Sikaflex type of product... http://festoolownersgroup.com/festo...e-rods-for-a-1010-router/msg451567/#msg451567

 

[rst]

Fein makes a specific blade for removing deck caulking.

 

[Woodkrafts]

Just curious...what happens if you sand the planking below the black in-fill lines, can you cosmetically correct for that?

It seems to me that the teak, once sanded below the in-fill lines, would need to be re-routered which could prove to be quite difficult.

What is the black in-fill material, a type of caulking or a stain/paint?

The teak is harder than the cualking so it's correct it's raised over the planks by maybe a 0.5mm.
Provides a great nonskid. And in most cases that's what you looking for.

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Ps: got more pictures of the process on my Facebook. Fog is a little frustrating to post pictures on.