I use a small Japanese dove tail saw with
a very thin kerf. Keep about 1/16th above the surface and sand
smooth. Go slowly and don’t force the cut. You can also use a very
very sharp chisel or a small block plane and shave it down. Again take your
time and shave a little off at a time. But the trick is to have sharp tools –
that’s why I use the saw J
Dave –
C27 #5212
Windabout
Cape Cod, MA
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Hi Dave,
What's the secret of trimming off the plug, without the top of the split plug
going below the surface of the surroundng teak?
Harvey Rosenberg, C-27TR #6023, 1985, M-18, Kalaurel, Stony Point NY
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Fixing teak
Bob -
Depends on whether or not you want to be able to remove them. If the plugs will
be permanent then I use a little brown wood glue on dark wood, yellow glue on
light wood. After the glue dries, trim the plug off near the wood surface, sand
down even and then varnish over. For less permanent installations you can put a
dab of silicone on the screw and press in the plug - but I don't find that
holds very well. What I use is a dab of hot glue - a reall small dab, gently
tap the plug into place, trim off and sand and varnish. The plug should dry fit
tightly and shouldn't be loose in the hole. I have a set of plug cutters so I
can pretty much match the plug to the hole. It's surprising how the holes grow
once you've removed the plugs a couple of times so being able to cut your own
plugs out of scrap teak or mahogany is nice. Teak doesn't really swell so don't
expect it to fill the void like a soft wood. The trick to removing a plug is to
drill a small pilot hole and th!
en slow
ly screw a small screw into the plug that's double the depth of the plug. Once
it bottoms out on the screw underneath it will start driving the plug out. With
something like Cetol you may want to either sand down over the plug to remove
the finish or carefully score around the perimeter.
--
Dave - just plugging along
C27 #5212
Windabout
Cape Cod
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> Last year I removed the sliding hatch teak trim. I never got around to
putting
> the plugs back in over the screws that hold down the trim. All the teak
needs
> refinishing so I'm now looking to do it. Should an adhesive of some type
be
> used? Should the plugs be inserted then watered so that they swell, dried
out
> (natural process), then finished?
> What are your suggestions?
> Bob Mann
> '85, #5928
Windcatcher
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