So I'm painting my deck... **** Reminder, check the pressure that you have
your pressure washer set to before blasting you boat ****
I've removed everything bolted to the deck. The last thing to be removed was
these outside rails (4 hours for the first, 2 hours for the other). What I
thought was a bent rail with 50 screws turned out to be a straight rail that is
bent during installation with 50 extremely hard to remove screws.
My question is has anyone had any experience installing these side rail? They
were the source of many leaks so when they go on I want it to be right and leak
free. The problem I'm having isn't in getting this thing back on, but getting
the caulk in there without being sloppy and getting enough caulk under there to
keep the water on the outside.
Typically I dry fit, tape, then remove, caulk, reinstall, tighten screws tight
with one more turn on the screw needed. Then let that cure and tighten hard
after caulk is cured. The problem is I don't want to dry fit for an hour,
tape, then remove for an hour or two, then caulk and install for an hour or
two. If someone knows a way to skip some of these steps without compromising
the final results that would... well, it would just MAKE MY DAY!!
