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Admiral
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- Southwestern CT
- First Name
- Ben
- Boat Make
- 1998 36' Sabre Express CAT 3116TA's, 2015 ROS Scotia 16 Etec 50
Anyone here installed anything other than teak or pvc toe rails?
Options I have heard of are Ipe, aluminum like a sailboat, Stainless, synthetic decking strips, plastic teak. There are tons of products out there and each has its benefits and drawbacks.
Personally leaning towards either Ipe or stainless strips because I have built lots of Ipe decks and its familiar to me- I would leave it natural no oil or finish.
Stainless sounds nice because theres not maintenance and I could bend a 3/4" half round section onto my decks easily enough. Would like to find a rectangular SS piece maybe 1/2" thick x 3/4 with pre drilled holes if anyone has seen anything like this.
I have a new rubrail from Barbour that overlaps the deck by about 5/16" so this would go against that. Deck edge is just flat and hull sides turn inward at the top so screws were driven straight down through deck and lip on hull to hold it all together. Looking for options to replace mine although I would rather have none but there are screw heads from the hull/deck joint that need to be covered.
In keeping with my long winded (posting anyway) nature, I have also thought about glassing this joint or glueing it but both sound like a ton of work compared to leaving it alone- never did it before but wonder if I could remove the screws a few feet at a time and pry the joint open and fill it with plexus or some other adhesive and then replace them for clamping pressure and later remove/fill the holes.
Anyone? Any insight would be greatly appreciated.
Options I have heard of are Ipe, aluminum like a sailboat, Stainless, synthetic decking strips, plastic teak. There are tons of products out there and each has its benefits and drawbacks.
Personally leaning towards either Ipe or stainless strips because I have built lots of Ipe decks and its familiar to me- I would leave it natural no oil or finish.
Stainless sounds nice because theres not maintenance and I could bend a 3/4" half round section onto my decks easily enough. Would like to find a rectangular SS piece maybe 1/2" thick x 3/4 with pre drilled holes if anyone has seen anything like this.
I have a new rubrail from Barbour that overlaps the deck by about 5/16" so this would go against that. Deck edge is just flat and hull sides turn inward at the top so screws were driven straight down through deck and lip on hull to hold it all together. Looking for options to replace mine although I would rather have none but there are screw heads from the hull/deck joint that need to be covered.
In keeping with my long winded (posting anyway) nature, I have also thought about glassing this joint or glueing it but both sound like a ton of work compared to leaving it alone- never did it before but wonder if I could remove the screws a few feet at a time and pry the joint open and fill it with plexus or some other adhesive and then replace them for clamping pressure and later remove/fill the holes.
Anyone? Any insight would be greatly appreciated.