By Cape George from St Augustine on 4/1/2008

Applied 800 feet of Teak Decking Systems caulk over the past year. Being a single part product sold by the tube (or many tubes) TDS allowed me to space out the job doing one 30-foot seam per day. I'm an old geezer so had to spare my arthritic back. I could not have survived this job doiong it with 2-part bulk products. TDS applies easily with NO BUBBLES (ok 3-4 bubbles over 800 feet of seam). Leakage through bubbles on original 2-part, professionally applied, caulking was the reason for seam replacement. TDS is tough when cured and stands slightly proud of deck when cured, thus augmenting excellent non-skid properties of teak deck. TDS personnel provided excellent customer support through my learning curve. Use a linoleum knife (not craftsman knife)to cut old caulk - curved blade is the trick. Use curved laminate hand trimmer with carbide V-point flattened to scrape sides of groove - carbide lasts forever. Use TDS's bent screw driver tool to scrape bottom of groove. Use 3-inch wide metal putty knife with 80-grit "stick and sand" paper to sand groove edges - you can manoeuver putty knife easily to exactly where sanding is required. Happy caulking!

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By Ballyhoo from Stuart, Florida on 3/11/2008

I had to redo the deck on my boat and apply 1200' of caulking. It went on easy and sanded well. It has bonded to the sides and is staying flexible. This stuff is incredible! I was very concerned with applying the caulking after all the work I did to prepare the deck and now I am resting comfortable that it is working so well.