How to REPLACE SEAMS in a TEAK DECK (Aladino's first ever video!)

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[@mikeharrison5089]

Can’t beat watching a true craftsman at work. Excellent

[@judebug329]

Your knowledge and attention to detail made watching this tutorial quite interesting. Even for this 62 year old lady who has no plans to ever do this particular job! As a retired school teacher, I think you gave an amazing and interesting hands-on lesson. Well done! I am thoroughly enjoying the journey the two of you are on and appreciate you taking us along with you. I grew up in Europe for 5 years as a young girl, but I did not get to travel through France much. Your travels through the French canals are fascinating to me and a joy to watch. Thank you!

[@treehuggingmusician595]

Judebug I am also a retired school teacher of a similar age and your comment expresses my opinion as well.

[@zzlee6411]

There are boat cruses you can take in most of Europe.

[@codyevans1436]

Now that Patrick is gone (rip),you guys are probably the best boat project/sailing channel

[@user-ot1jo2mp3h]

Aladino, The Teak Decking looks fab. You are a master.

[@SailingMagicCarpet]

Merci;)

[@stephenpotter9083]

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[@curtishyde1842]

Señor Aladino I am Curtis Hyde,SV Liberty Freedom she is a 25' Catalina Tall Rig I have learned so much from watching you keep and maintain your beautiful SV Magic Carpet thank you for the knowledge that you have been parted through your videos please keep them coming add my wife Joyce Ann & I hope to see & meet one day very soon until then Fairwinds calm seas over and out

[@SailingMagicCarpet]

Thank you so much Curtis! We definitely plan on making many more. Glad it was helpful:) Aladino

[@daveedson32]

Wow. Initially, I thought I might skip this one because I know nothing about caring for a boat, but I really appreciate the clear, simple explanations and directions. It’s great watching anyone be an expert, even if I don’t understand everything. And thanks for the bluesy soundtrack! Well done!

[@klouism1]

You are meticulous in your work on the boat. It certainly shows. It takes a lot of patience, some people do not have the patience to do the kind of work that you do. Much respect. Beautiful job.

[@eleanorchapple8772]

Besides being a wonderful craftsman you are also a great teacher. After watching you I say to myself ‘ I could do that’. !😃

[@Tom_YouTube_stole_my_handle]

It's great to see someone working with such care and attention to detail.

[@dougtiffany7439]

Having caulked hundred's of feet of Teak deck's as a Ship wright, i have found, if one PUSHES the caulking gun, instead of DRAGGING, you will not have any void's.

[@itsthatguy478]

Greetings from Arizona USA. You did a Great job ! WOW ! looks Awesome, Good video. Wishing you good luck and good fortune , take care.

[@SailingVinderla]

And Voila! There you go, the BEST teak deck caulking video on the whole internet. THANKS Aladino and Maya!

[@NormanHenryMartin]

Watched the video with my 11 yo grandson. He was mesmerized. So was I, of course. Then we watched the one dollar boat story. He sails with us but you guys have introduced a whole new dimension. Thanks. Norm. Cape Cod

[@SailingMagicCarpet]

That’s awesome! Thx Norman:) Aladino

[@NormanHenryMartin]

@@SailingMagicCarpet Aladino (and, of course, Maya) Sailing Magic Carpet is a go-to video for all kinds of reasons, music, places, story line, and geography, to cite a few. Thanks and keep well.

[@michaelfk2548]

A natural !...very skilled workmanship and super finish.

[@chaswarren7239]

You have a very steady hand and a keen eye sir !

[@padraigAZ]

Thank you Aladino. Great to watch your stuff. As a mechanic of many years, but 0 boat experience it is wonderful to watch your work and the detail you give.

[@SailingMagicCarpet]

Thx Patrick!

[@treehuggingmusician595]

I'm impressed with your knowledge and attention to details. I've heard that all wooden boats need regular maintenance such as this for them to last.

[@user-ot1jo2mp3h]

Bless you Aladino - you did great. Greetings to you and Maya from Switzerland's largest city.

[@HermanJong]

I own a Sweden Yacht 37 and have the same problems with bad seam substances, which started to melt during our trip to France. Your KZbins are very helpful and I love the way you both present them. Enjoy your sailing. Herman de Jong / The Netherlands

[@doddstrong8873]

Your attention to detail is admirable, keep coming with these videos that explain how to do upkeep on your boat

[@tommcallister7647]

Aladino - If you hadn't been a sailor, you would have had to have been a Swiss watchmaker. You are amazingly precise!

[@SailingMagicCarpet]

Just read a book related to that! Longitude! But for the interest of the sailor in me😜 Thank you Aladino

[@JeanClaudeNoel]

What a great job you did explaining everything in details and in your usual relaxed tone ! Because of this resource, I think more people might endeavor to safeguard their teak decks instead just selling their boats or worst ripping off the teak. Armed with this knowledge, they will get at this task knowing not only how to do it but also the right frame of mind required for this kind of job. I like the emphasis you give to doing it right and longevity. By the way, your skills, it seems to me, should be easily marketable the the proper crowd. And this channel, will be your portfolio. And what a portfolio! 😎

[@slimpickins3425]

Awesome Job! You make it easy to understand, and your illustrations really help for those not understanding the nature of wood and its grain. The result shows your knowledge and experience. So few people understand the importance of a sharp edge tool, nothing compares to it. Thanks for a very informative video, your boat shows your skill and dedication to preserving such a beautiful craft!.

[@unnikrishnan31]

Great and dedicated job ...both teak deck work and video presentation...and maya( an Indian name) for your support...go ahead dears😘

[@SailingMagicCarpet]

Thx Unni! Glad it was helpful Aladino

[@unnikrishnan31]

Aladino broo...your a great craftman...very patients and dedicated...Great work broo....

[@flo_8611]

Swiss attention to details. Great job!

[@SailingMagicCarpet]

Swiss/Italian attention 😜 Thx Flo Aladino

[@greggronemeier1256]

That was awesome !! I now realize that teak is a labor of love. Your patience is so very excellent. My boat has very little teak, and I can see why it needs to stay that way !

[@35donnah]

So much patience and attention to detail. True workmanship.

[@lnewbyliveca]

Get a can of wine preserve its nitrogen and a bit of argon, displace the air in the primer can with and you will extend its shelf life, I use it for many products that oxide when in contact with air

[@bradmottishaw467]

You are quite the artisan!

[@MrPisces67]

Wow! I truly admire your attention to detail on 'Magic Carpet' and deservedly so, as she is a very fine looking vessel...thanks for the vid.

[@Tomcat1982SH]

The fixed gun is best part of the video :) and NICE Vindö!

[@chrishobson9759]

Thank you for sharing this. And your other video about Teak bungs. I'm the custodian of a (new to us) 38 foot boat with loads of teak decking that also needs constant TLC. I had an image in my head, and a plan of exactly what I have to do to maintain it all, and this video is exactly what I needed. Especially because you take such care and detail when you go about your work. Really appreciate you capturing this process and your commentary, it's giving me faith and confidence that I can do the same with mine.

[@shirleyboy8859]

True Craftsmanship... Nice job Aladino. Great choice of music by the way.. :-))

[@darrenmanser2847]

3 things 1. The gloves matched the tape. 2. Warming the sika. Gold. 3. Paint brush finger spin while on camera. Double gold

[@Choffeaabol]

Awesome! I just bought myself a Vindö 32, and I appreciate these videos. Keep the maintenance videos coming!!

[@dennislueck2774]

Thank you so much for “More Aladino!”

[@aspasiabibas1819]

All your hard work paid off! It looks new!

[@IcyMidnight]

Very informative. Happy to have more Aladino videos in the future 🙂

[@angeloattard9748]

.you are a true artist!

[@craigallan4322]

A great eye for detail Aladino, excellent job.

[@darrenstarling3975]

Brilliant video of a craftsman at work.

[@androklesfb]

Aladino has the skill and patience of a Japanese artisan! Well done. Cheers from Chile.

[@jalnafortune8163]

I normally don't comment on videos but your attention to details are so spot on and so hard to find that i just had to say as a meticulous craftsman myself i can fully appreciate your every move and is so satisfying to watch. In my opinion best videos I've seen! You're both amazing! Greetings from Canada.

[@fonhollohan2908]

You're right about one thing! a good caulking gun, makes a massive difference in doing a good job or or not. It can eliminate a lot of headaches. Years ago I looked everywhere for a good caulking gun. I found each gun had pro's and con's to each design. So what I did was buy three or four of them and built a really good caulking gun., and I've never had trouble with a caulking gun again. lol

[@edwardfinn4141]

Aladino, you have great skills, you are a master.

[@ArtemKlochko]

This is a best video of Magic Carpet. Good job!

[@lizdavies264]

Aladino is a perfectionist

[@saschavonwangenheim6462]

Hi Aladino Greetings from Switzerland. Many thanks for the very well done instructional video. I especially liked your raving about your Mirka sander. Call me ignorant, but I did not know them before and immediately tried one after your video. I pinch myself for working on my wooden boat for 30 years with mediocre sanders in comparison. This has been a revelation, many thanks again.

[@UKPete]

A lot of hard work and preparation well worth it, Fantastic finish!.

[@MountainPirate]

Nice job! Both on the boat work (as always) and the Videoediting!

[@Hairnicks]

What a really great job, so easy to follow.

[@veleiroema]

excellent work, very good, congratulations!

[@Chr.U.Cas1622]

To all boat people. Before I have even watched the whole video I simply have to mention something: There are some special tools for removing and renovating teak deck seams (respectively seals/seams of all kinds) existing for at least over 10 years. If I remember correctly unfortunately only for the most expensive, high quality Fein Multimaster oscillating tool which I bought years ago. Hope this information and those tools can be helpful in the future. Best regards, luck and health.

[@53goforit]

Excellent my beloved Aladino

[@mariadigiovanni1168]

Amazing perfectionism. Beautiful work. Great editing!

[@MrTacklebury]

Great job on your first edits!

[@earlhall174]

Thoughts from the Canadian edge of the Salish Sea. 1. The only reason to put up with the nastiness of sanding is the feel and look of nicely finished wood surface. 2. I would love to buy a boat from a perfectionist like Aladino. 3. I would feel badly buying a boat from a perfectionist like Aladino because I know I would not have the patience to keep it that way. 4. Creating the angles on the perfect tool for removing the caulking exhibits craftsmanship before the job is even started. Way to go!

[@jovermars]

Love your choice of music Aladino! Nevertheless, I’d love to see/hear Maya playing the violin again. Nothing beats live music.

[@kiplott5815]

Well done lad, many thanks

[@SailingMagicCarpet]

Thank you;)

[@nooneanybodyknows1321]

Perfection!

[@ralphvanthoff]

Nice job, great attention to detail! I tend to cut the Sika nozzle slightly larger than the gap to fill at a 45 degree angle and then fill it pushing forward. This completely eliminates air bubbles. Pulling backwards has a risk of including airbubbles. Then let it rest and cure (over a month, looks ugly in the meantime, but gives a perfect flat result without having to sand back too much teak) as you indicated because it shrinks quite a bit, before cutting it off and sanding. You're done now for the next 5-7 years anyway ;)

[@SailingMagicCarpet]

Yeah! Many ways to do it:) Thx skippie! Aladino

[@EricJDiLeo]

This was very satisfying to watch!

[@brettcameratraveler]

I just finished sanding and redoing the varnish on all of the exterior wood. At least 2 weeks of all day work...In the future I just want a boat where all the wood is made up of straight, standard sizes available at the local hardware store whereever I go and I just pop the old ones out, replace and varnish.

[@jeremymitchell995]

Brilliant video, excellently explained and wonderful attention to detail...thank you.

[@ivarwb4115]

Very interesting and instructional video! Your skilled attention to detail is both amazing and reassuring. Master class quality work!! Thankyou for sharing your knowledge and expirience with us!

[@SailingMagicCarpet]

Thank you for watching and appreciating!😊 Aladino

[@tazccl]

Aladino great job with video and the decking.

[@CS_247]

Your teak caulking looks amazing! Well done!

[@dougtiffany7439]

Apologies, i wanted to say how much i enjoy your channel, as i wanted to do the canal's of Europe when i was younger [82 n0w]on my own boat, to late now, and i do not have the resources to charter a vessel, so it will not happen, i believe your boat was built by Cheoylee ?, i owned a Cheoylee, Robb 35, Teak built, Yawl rig, great boat, sailed very well, would go to weather like gang busters, purchased her in Hong Kong, back in the 80'S, she was 15 year's, taked very good care of [boat boy full time], in closing, i would say, you are a VERY LUCKY guy, to have a partner who has class, and smart. Fair Wind's, Doug.

[@cyclomaniac9086]

Wow... excellent tutorial.

[@larrymacaluso9051]

Another excellent "how to video" Aladino, it's great to watch a craftsman while they work. These videos will surly help many people, thank you for passing along some of the skills and techniques you have learned, l look forward to more to come. Fair winds and safe travels.

[@SailingMagicCarpet]

Thank you very much Larry! :) Aladino

[@sammolive1130]

Couldn’t have come at a better time: just about to start tackling the caulking on my Vindö 30. Thanks man 🦊

[@russellleach1942]

Great job both on the deck and video. The drawings made understanding what you were doing better.

[@Hunter-ym2kk]

easy watching, informative content, love it..

[@nicolemayer1671]

Loved watching the sikaflex get scraped away, so satisfying:)

[@andreruegg9490]

Awesome! Great explanation and master like execution. Thanks.

[@johndixon5097]

Very professional, and beautiful work.

[@WillN2Go1]

Good video. I've done a lot of caulking, but I learned new techniques. Thanks. To sharpen chisels, knives, plane blades, etc I use a system called Scary Sharp (Google it, it's a method not some expensive gimmick) you're pretty close to it already. When you plane western red cedar strips (to build kayaks) and just to be fussy you touch up your plane blade after an hour with 2000 grit - and you notice a difference? You're at the avant garde of sharpening. The trick to using sand paper is to always draw your edge, not push it as you're doing (but if you're not gouging or tearing your paper, and a master in the boat yard told you to do it this way... follow them. Me? I pull. The burr on the edge is taken off when you do the back. To trim the excess caulking usually pulling a scrapper is more 'idiot proof'. But again, you know what you're doing. The can of Sika primer with the short life. For PVC/ABS solvent/cement, which has the same short shelf life problem: store them upside down. The stuff inside won't dry out. Just be careful they don't leak. Also aluminum foil seals better than plastic. That's why the insides of crisps bags are metallic. A thin deposit of aluminum. The half used Sika tubes? Remove the spout and wrap some aluminum foil around the opening. It'll be usable for longer. Wear gloves, Respirator, etc... There's a lot of cancer around, maybe it's some chemical the person used in their youth. Why take the chance? I'm sure you learned during your apprenticeship the difference between acetone and epoxy. Acetone has a nasty sharp chemical smell, but isn't too bad. Epoxy has a nice nutty smell but is highly toxic (the Resin is full of BP-A, which works on our bodies as random doses of estrogen (the female hormone). We don't grow breasts, we get cancers many years later. I use West System Epoxy, the Resin is 90% BP-A. Also 20 years ago epoxy was considered food safe, and very safe for babies. Now it's banned for these uses (still great on boats!) Every 20 years or so some plastic that was once said to be very safe turns out not to be. I"m suspicious of Nalgene, why are the bottles all so different, when it's supposed to be the same thing? What's really going on? Some of them don't even have the plastic code on the bottom. I drink out of stainless steel, even at home (in part because I live like an old hippie.....) Hope you find some of this helpful.

[@SailingMagicCarpet]

Thx for your detailed comment! I am always willing to learn and try new techniques- so thx for that.as I said here it was pandemic improvisations also due to not having a sharpening stone nor gloves.. but of course we always try to be as safe as possible;) Aladino

[@mimmociaccio5470]

Unaltro capolovoro bravo !!

[@MichaelMechsner]

Great video! BZ - you provide good instruction and professional "extra" tips for the DIY crowd. The drawn illustrations helped to make your points and I loved the sequencing - explain, demonstrate, and then follow up. Looking forward to more DIY videos.

[@SailingMagicCarpet]

Thanks a lot Michael! Glad it turned out helpful:) Aladino

[@marcelobatnoska9056]

hermoso trabajo del deck. congratulations Aladino

[@francodeseta9999]

Ottimo lavoro Aladino! ... L'uomo dalle mille risorse... E più. Greetings.

[@SailingMagicCarpet]

Grazie Franco! :)

[@IAssassin12]

Nice work on the wood and the editing!

[@lnewbyliveca]

It is great to see a craft persons process, you should do more work videos

[@johnmccormick175]

Great video Aladino,very informative and what a beautiful job you did! Take care and stay safe folks.

[@SailingMagicCarpet]

Thx John:)

[@tonytaynton8559]

Well done video, very informative procedure enjoyed it mutchly

[@portfoliofotoz]

Superb work, Aladino. Both the editing and the teak work. My preference for my own boat is to oil the teak (which I have lots of) but I too can appreciate the fine silver of well cared for teak. Oh, we always enjoy Maya's album when sailing. You two are awesomely talented.

[@SailingMagicCarpet]

That’s awesome! Thank you so much John! Fair winds then Aladino

[@garrykennedy5653]

Thanks Aladino that was great I learnt a lot, love your channel

[@ghrey8282]

Excellent

[@lentongrovetrust5201]

A true master class, thank you

[@SailingMagicCarpet]

Thx Lenton!

[@mosca3289]

Great illustrations 👍🏻

[@rhirwin10]

Thank you so much for a thoughtful and thorough explanation of the approach, steps, tools and method. Extremely informative. I think you should create a commercial application video for some of the teak caulk companies. Yours is hands down way more informative on several critical steps. By way of example, the direction of cutting out the old caulk by noting the grain direction and removing the rebates. 100%. -Thank you again

[@hgfleetcommand]

Great job on the editing

[@andyblyth4519]

Really really nice job.

[@toddabrahamsson1797]

Nice job !

[@cbpaton53]

... brilliant, thanks :)

[@chrismalkin4070]

Excellent video, Aladino. I now know how to caulk my Couta Boat deck which I will be doing in few weeks. Thank you. Chris.

[@SailingMagicCarpet]

Thx Chris! Have fun:) Aladino

[@Chr.U.Cas1622]

Dear Sailing Magic Carpet couple. Usually I do long or even very long comments. Only 7 words needed to say this time: Perfectly done again and as always! Congrats! 👍👌👏 This applies for the very complex job AND the editing! Thanks a lot for making teaching recording editing uploading and sharing. Best regards luck and health. Postscriptum: Please kindly allow me to ask: Wouldn't a Ziehklinge (sorry, don't know and couldn't find the English designation) do a better job cutting off the excess of the Sikaflex? There are several types available.

[@SailingMagicCarpet]

Hello Chru Chas! Thank you very much for your kind comments. And about the “ziehklinge” I love working with them but for something flexible like this it wouldn’t cut nicely I don’t think. But smth to try.. Aladino

[@tedbrewer1574]

Wow, so many comments but one more for a rave review: Aladino's calm voice and methodical approach were very helpful to me in dealing with my own modest projects. Wishing you well on a stormy day on Lake Erie, USA

[@SailingMagicCarpet]

Thank you Ted!

[@hollowaldfee4067]

Mate, that was extraordinary... I am doing that just now with our Vindoe 30 from the 60's... You have so much great advice!!!!

[@SailingMagicCarpet]

Don’t forget to wipe the teak/grooves with acetone! I forgot to put that into the vid. Have fun! Aladino

[@hollowaldfee4067]

@@SailingMagicCarpet Thanks for the advice!! Will do that

[@JCs-Music]

well done video. Everything has a science and an art component, finding the right balance is important. IMHO, DIY videos need to go light on the art aspect in order not to be a distraction. Having said that, an evening or walk in an anchorage would probably due well going heavier on the art side of things. ❤️ 😃