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Conference unifix::sailing

Title:SAILING
Notice:Please read Note 2.* before participating in this conference
Moderator:UNIFIX::BERENS
Created:Wed Jul 01 1992
Last Modified:Mon Jun 02 1997
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:2299
Total number of notes:20724

810.0. "Any caulking experts?" by USSCSL::GERMAIN () Mon Apr 25 1988 09:49

    Any wooden boat caulking experts out there?
    
    I have a few questions:
    
    1) how do you decide the thickness of the strand? I have 3/4" inch
    cedar on oak. 
    
    2) how far do you drive the cotton in?
       I read 3/4 of the way down.
    
    3) I read where if you are going to seal with an elastomeric (3M
    5200?), you don't drive the cotton in as tight.
    Any thoughts?
    
    4) Where the garboard meets the keel is a gap about 1/4" (the previous
    owner always removed the caulking from this seam after the boat
    was pulled), does  this need to be shrunk (wetting the planks) before
    caulking? Do I use a larger strand? 
    
    5)Curiosity question: why are caulking hammers shaped the way they
    are?
    
    6) How do you choose the size of the making iron?
    
    I need to learn about this, so any expert advice is appreciated.
    
    			Thanks,
    
    			Gregg
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