The caulk application is now complete! This is a major milestone in the project, as we’re now able to see the light at the end of the tunnel.
There is still a ton of sanding to be done and re-installation of hardware, but with the exception of fixing all the skips, voids and screwups we are essentially done with the Foul Black Sticky Stuff.
We went through almost seven cases of Teak Decking Systems SIS 440 to get to this point. As I was finishing today I said to Chris (the newest member of Team Teak! Everyone say “hi” to Chris!) “I bet I will finish this tube with something like three inches to go and have to open a new tube to finish.” I ought to go into the prophecy business…out of seven cases of caulk we have two full tubes left, and one open two with about two ounces of caulk taken out of it.
Those of you standing by with calculators will note that that means I really used up 81 and about 1/100th tubes of caulk, not eighty. But I am not counting the tube of caulk I dropped over board in that total (even though it’s gone and I can’t use it), and a slightly lighter finger on the trigger for about 5 seconds earlier in the day could have saved me opening that last tube.
Sanding continues.
