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Removed the teck (actually Narra in my case) with an air chisel. Removed
all the screws ( about a thousand), filled the holes. Filled and faired,
primed
and then painted and applied non-skid.

Air chisel, good idea.

The wood was bedded with polysulfide. Taking it up with the air chisel
resulted
is an impressive pile of toothpicks. My particular boat was not originally
designed
for a wood deck, so under the wood was gelcoat. No need to lay additional
glass other than to repair a few bad spots.

Doug

Doug Dotson wrote:


The wood was bedded with polysulfide. Taking it up with the air chisel
resulted
is an impressive pile of toothpicks.

An unfortunate thing you point out, polysulfide. It has been pointed
out that the polysulfide sealents all these boats were made with is good
for 20 years. Maybe 25.

My boat, 1984, 21 years ago.

Jim wrote:

An unfortunate thing you point out, polysulfide. It has been pointed
out that the polysulfide sealents all these boats were made with is good
for 20 years. Maybe 25.

That should start to give you some idea where my $2K estimate came from.

Lew

My boat is a 1981 so it seems to be true. However, the polysulfide wasn't
failing by any stretch. If it had then I wouldn't have needed the air
chisel.

Doug

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Doug Dotson wrote:


The wood was bedded with polysulfide. Taking it up with the air chisel
resulted
is an impressive pile of toothpicks.

An unfortunate thing you point out, polysulfide. It has been pointed out
that the polysulfide sealents all these boats were made with is good for
20 years. Maybe 25.

My boat, 1984, 21 years ago.