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rogerbum
Joined: 21 Nov 2004 Posts: 5922 City/Region: Kenmore
State or Province: WA
C-Dory Year: 2008
C-Dory Model: 255 Tomcat
Vessel Name: Meant to be
Photos: SeaDNA
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Posted: Thu Nov 29, 2018 11:45 am Post subject: interlocking Teak tiles |
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I came across these in my Facebook feed the other day. They are similar to the rubber deck tiles in installation but have teak topping. They might be of interest to a brat. @$8.40/sq ft. they are not that much more expensive than the dry deck tiles ($6.29/sq ft at West Marine). _________________ Roger on Meant to be |
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ssobol
Joined: 27 Oct 2012 Posts: 3374 City/Region: SW Michigan
State or Province: MI
C-Dory Year: 2008
C-Dory Model: 22 Cruiser
Vessel Name: SoBELLE
Photos: SoBelle
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Gene Morris
Joined: 28 Sep 2006 Posts: 424 City/Region: Eureka CA
State or Province: CA
C-Dory Year: 2007
C-Dory Model: 255 Tomcat
Vessel Name: Reef Madness
Photos: Reefmadness
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Posted: Sat Dec 01, 2018 10:20 am Post subject: |
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They are beautiful Roger. But, it looks like it would be hard to clean the fish guts and crab trap leavings.
Gene _________________ tight lines |
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thataway
Joined: 02 Nov 2003 Posts: 20812 City/Region: Pensacola
State or Province: FL
C-Dory Year: 2007
C-Dory Model: 25 Cruiser
Vessel Name: thataway
Photos: Thataway
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Posted: Sat Dec 01, 2018 4:31 pm Post subject: |
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I have owned boats and houses with the short teak decking--glued together not on a rubber backing. (These had a scrim on the back, and were glued to the floor or deck). Both in boats and house decks, eventually these broke loose from the glue.
I have no idea how the teak planks are glued to the rubber or plastic backing--but teak is an extremely oily wood, and few glues work really well with it. When we were building boats I did destructive testing because because I was laminating some teak rub rails. I found that the old fashioned Rescorcinal Glue (by Weld Wood) was the best, followed by epoxy.
The Dri Deck and similar rubber based tiles are certainly well utilized (and I have them lining the bilge of my current 25). I also came across some harder ones, which do not flex (and may be better for wood overlay)--but they worked well only on flat parts of the boat.), Reading the reviews--it suggest that the under surface may be a plastic rather an rubber based (?). There is also suggestion that the planks are screwed to the substrate--is that correct? If so--these should be SS fastenings.
I would be interested on how the teak is fitted to the substrate and how they last. Look great! (and cheaper than Deckadence spaghetti mats!) _________________ Bob Austin
Thataway
Thataway (Ex Seaweed) 2007 25 C Dory May 2018 to Oct. 2021
Thisaway 2006 22' CDory November 2011 to May 2018
Caracal 18 140 Suzuki 2007 to present
Thataway TomCat 255 150 Suzukis June 2006 thru August 2011
C Pelican; 1992, 22 Cruiser, 2002 thru 2006
Frequent Sea; 2003 C D 25, 2007 thru 2009
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Home port: Pensacola FL |
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cmetzenberg
Joined: 04 Jan 2014 Posts: 367 City/Region: Santa Barbara
State or Province: CA
C-Dory Year: 2007
C-Dory Model: 255 Tomcat
Vessel Name: Kanaloa
Photos: Kanaloa
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Posted: Mon Dec 03, 2018 4:15 am Post subject: |
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This looks so good I just bought 27sqft for the interior of mine _________________ Conrad Metzenberg
07' Tomcat 255 "Kanaloa"
87' Boston Whaler Guardian 17 (BlackFlag, 03-14)
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