At this time, the removal of the teak deck and filling of the screw holes on a 46' Grand Banks consumed approximately 40 hours. There was no core repair necessary. The removal of the teak decking did not include the flying bridge. A couple of interesting points: 1. Grand Banks laid up the cored deck in an approved manner, the thinner layer of glass on the bottom of the core and a thicker layer of glass on top. Because of the thickness of the top layer of glass, the screws that were used to fasten the teak strips to the deck were able to be sized to penetrate into the top layer of glass, but not to go through it; thus little if any water intrusion into the coring. 2. This teak decking had been worn down to half of its original thickness of 1/2", exposing many of the fastener heads. 3. An estimate is that about 50%-60% of the decking probably took 70% of the time; much of the deck had loosened from the bedding, but that which didn't was an inch-by-inch chiseling job with a 3" stiff, sharp putty knife and a 4 lb hammer. 4. Screws which heads twisted off were drilled out, occasionally using a easy out. 5. Holes were first filled with polyester resin, then finished flush with thickened gel coat. Plans now are to complete the finishing touches to the deck, including a coat or two of gel coat, then coat with some type of bed liner. Those wishing to participate in the fun, give me a holler. *Rudy and Jill Sechez* Cape Coral, Fl *Briney Bug* - a 34' Sail-Assisted Trawler *850-832-7748* *anchoringtraining.blogspot.com <http://anchoringtraining.blogspot.com/>/*

You mention "some type of bed liner." A product recommended to me by Steve Hamilton is GacoFlex U66. https://gaco.com/product-details/gacoflex-u66/ Steve took me on a harbor tour (Harris Harbor, Juneau Alaska) and showed me 3 or 4 boats which had their decks coated with GacoFlex U66. The oldest coating job he showed me was 7 years old at the time. Based on his experience I applied GacoFlex U66 on my deck in 2013. I've been completely satisfied. It is difficult stuff to work with but it really does stick and last. I recently noticed that Steve's tugboat deck is still looking good and it is now going on twelve years since application. On Tue, Jan 23, 2018 at 11:14 AM, Rudy Sechez via Trawlers-and-Trawlering <trawlers@lists.trawlering.com> wrote: > At this time, the removal of the teak deck and filling of the screw holes > on a 46' Grand Banks consumed approximately 40 hours. There was no core > repair necessary. The removal of the teak decking did not include the > flying bridge. A couple of interesting points: > 1. Grand Banks laid up the cored deck in an approved manner, the thinner > layer of glass on the bottom of the core and a thicker layer of glass on > top. Because of the thickness of the top layer of glass, the screws that > were used to fasten the teak strips to the deck were able to be sized to > penetrate into the top layer of glass, but not to go through it; thus > little if any water intrusion into the coring. > 2. This teak decking had been worn down to half of its original thickness > of 1/2", exposing many of the fastener heads. > 3. An estimate is that about 50%-60% of the decking probably took 70% of > the time; much of the deck had loosened from the bedding, but that which > didn't was an inch-by-inch chiseling job with a 3" stiff, sharp putty knife > and a 4 lb hammer. > 4. Screws which heads twisted off were drilled out, occasionally using a > easy out. > 5. Holes were first filled with polyester resin, then finished flush with > thickened gel coat. > Plans now are to complete the finishing touches to the deck, including a > coat or two of gel coat, then coat with some type of bed liner. Those > wishing to participate in the fun, give me a holler. > > *Rudy and Jill Sechez* > Cape Coral, Fl > *Briney Bug* - a 34' Sail-Assisted Trawler > *850-832-7748* > *anchoringtraining.blogspot.com <http://anchoringtraining.blogspot.com/>/* > _______________________________________________ > http://lists.trawlering.com/mailman/listinfo/trawlers_lists.trawlering.com > > To unsubscribe or modify your subscription options (get password, change email address, etc) go to: http://lists.trawlering.com/mailman/listinfo/trawlers_lists.trawlering.com > Trawlers & Trawlering and T&T are trademarks of Water World > Productions. Unauthorized use is prohibited.

As I recall Jim Steffen of Norcoast Marine Surveyors had also recommended GacoFlex U66 back in 2010, but, I didn't see the boats that he referred to, so I still needed a little more convincing. Larry On Tue, Jan 23, 2018 at 3:08 PM, larry talley <larryt@acm.org> wrote: > You mention "some type of bed liner." > > A product recommended to me by Steve Hamilton is GacoFlex U66. > > https://gaco.com/product-details/gacoflex-u66/ > > Steve took me on a harbor tour (Harris Harbor, Juneau Alaska) and > showed me 3 or 4 boats which had their decks coated with GacoFlex U66. > The oldest coating job he showed me was 7 years old at the time. Based > on his experience I applied GacoFlex U66 on my deck in 2013. I've been > completely satisfied. It is difficult stuff to work with but it really > does stick and last. I recently noticed that Steve's tugboat deck is > still looking good and it is now going on twelve years since > application. > > On Tue, Jan 23, 2018 at 11:14 AM, Rudy Sechez via > Trawlers-and-Trawlering <trawlers@lists.trawlering.com> wrote: >> At this time, the removal of the teak deck and filling of the screw holes >> on a 46' Grand Banks consumed approximately 40 hours. There was no core >> repair necessary. The removal of the teak decking did not include the >> flying bridge. A couple of interesting points: >> 1. Grand Banks laid up the cored deck in an approved manner, the thinner >> layer of glass on the bottom of the core and a thicker layer of glass on >> top. Because of the thickness of the top layer of glass, the screws that >> were used to fasten the teak strips to the deck were able to be sized to >> penetrate into the top layer of glass, but not to go through it; thus >> little if any water intrusion into the coring. >> 2. This teak decking had been worn down to half of its original thickness >> of 1/2", exposing many of the fastener heads. >> 3. An estimate is that about 50%-60% of the decking probably took 70% of >> the time; much of the deck had loosened from the bedding, but that which >> didn't was an inch-by-inch chiseling job with a 3" stiff, sharp putty knife >> and a 4 lb hammer. >> 4. Screws which heads twisted off were drilled out, occasionally using a >> easy out. >> 5. Holes were first filled with polyester resin, then finished flush with >> thickened gel coat. >> Plans now are to complete the finishing touches to the deck, including a >> coat or two of gel coat, then coat with some type of bed liner. Those >> wishing to participate in the fun, give me a holler. >> >> *Rudy and Jill Sechez* >> Cape Coral, Fl >> *Briney Bug* - a 34' Sail-Assisted Trawler >> *850-832-7748* >> *anchoringtraining.blogspot.com <http://anchoringtraining.blogspot.com/>/* >> _______________________________________________ >> http://lists.trawlering.com/mailman/listinfo/trawlers_lists.trawlering.com >> >> To unsubscribe or modify your subscription options (get password, change email address, etc) go to: http://lists.trawlering.com/mailman/listinfo/trawlers_lists.trawlering.com >> Trawlers & Trawlering and T&T are trademarks of Water World >> Productions. Unauthorized use is prohibited.