Gibban

sv Sobraon spent a few weeks re-caulking their teak deck. Here's how they did it The caulking on the cabin top deck has significantly deteriorated.  The deck was installed just prior to when we purchased the boat but from a very early point we noticed that the Sikaflex caulking was drying, cracking and coming away from the edges.  It had reached a point where it was literally falling out of the channels in the teak.  If we didn't remove it and re-caulk we may develop deck leaks especially with the coming wet season. The caulking was Sikaflex. It dried and failed after only a few years. The caulking was removed by hand. Most of it just pulled straight out with very little residual caulking left in the grove. It obviously was not providing any sort of water seal. It was originally applied with a primer and break out tape, however, it came away very easilya The grooves were then cleaned with a modified screwdriver.  Scraping it through the groove removed any cau...