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[3 of 3 customers found this review helpful]
Comments about Boatlife Boatlife Life-Calk:
Purchased product because directions indicated the calk was paintable. Applied calk and after 8 days painted with 1 part polyurethane primer which would not dry. Called manufactor and after 3 tries, they finally confirmed the calk was not compatible with polyurethane paints. Would have saved me a lot of grief if they notated this on the label.
[1 of 1 customers found this review helpful]
from Southern Illinois on 5/30/2010
Comments about Boatlife Boatlife Life-Calk:
Works great for sealing a teak toerail. Thin enough to flow into small gaps and cracks. READ THE INSRUCTIONS. Use the primer for teak. I even applied boatlife caulk to a seam wet from a recent rain. It worked perfectly, and even cured faster.
[2 of 2 customers found this review helpful]
Comments about Boatlife Boatlife Life-Calk:
This product was used to bond a plate to the transom for attaching transducers.. all 5 of them to a single plate. Great bond and seal..but very sticky and wear latex gloves as you will get it on everything. Much like applying silicon.. wet your finger before you flatten out the bead or your goint to have sticky fingers...
[2 of 2 customers found this review helpful]
from Tampa, fl. on 1/20/2010
Comments about Boatlife Boatlife Life-Calk:
hard to get good results caulking teak decks. Product cracks and tubes have short shelf life before becoming lumpy and not usable. Better choices available.
[1 of 2 customers found this review helpful]
from Portland, OR on 10/20/2009
Comments about Boatlife Boatlife Life-Calk:
The life calk I installed in mahogany deck joints failed after being exposed to sun and 85 degree temperatures. Failure involved separation from the wood and cracking of the material itself. After talking with the company, they diagnosed the problem: 1) I failed to add a bond breaking material at the bottom of the seam. The material can fail if it is stretched in three dimensions. 2) I did not remove all the varnish on the edge of the seam, and I did not use their solvent to assure a clean surface. 3) I may have left air pockets under the material at the bottom of the seam. I am probably going to try this material one more time in part because I can't find another one that is stretchy AND can be painted or varnished.Since this is a horizontal surface, I may try the liquid version because it may fill and level better and it may stick to the wood better.wish me luck! [...]
[2 of 2 customers found this review helpful]
from OHIO on 6/29/2008
Comments about Boatlife Boatlife Life-Calk:
I haven't seen the sandability the directions seems to speak of.
[2 of 2 customers found this review helpful]
from Minnesota on 3/6/2008
Comments about Boatlife Boatlife Life-Calk:
Very sticky. Gets on everything if you aren't careful but makes a waterproof seal that can be removed when needed. This is more in the nature of a sealant, not an adhesive like 5200.