There are a number of products to remove old caulk. I used something called Anti bond or Release from West Marine. Petit makes one too. Seemed to soften the old caulk and made it come out “easier”. I recaulked the swim platform joint and had the pilothouse joint glassed. Tim > On Sep 7, 2021, at 3:30 AM, sentoa-request@lists.sentoa.org wrote: > > Send Sentoa mailing list submissions to > sentoa@lists.sentoa.org > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via email, send a message with subject or > body 'help' to > sentoa-request@lists.sentoa.org > > You can reach the person managing the list at > sentoa-owner@lists.sentoa.org > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of Sentoa digest..." > > Today's Topics: > > 1. NT37 - Re-caulking Seam between transom and swim platform > (stephen.h.hill@gmail.com) > 2. Re: NT37 - Re-caulking Seam between transom and swim platform > (Fire Fighter) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Mon, 6 Sep 2021 21:40:18 -0400 > From: stephen.h.hill@gmail.com > Subject: [Sentoa] NT37 - Re-caulking Seam between transom and swim > platform > To: Sentoa <sentoa@lists.sentoa.org> > Message-ID: <B55060A8-B58B-444F-B441-658BB38F3C18@gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 > > I need to re-caulk the seam between my transom and swim platform. Any good technique you’ve used to make removal of the old caulking easier? > > Thanks > Stephen Hill > NT37-199 > Tug’n > > Sent from my iPhone > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Tue, 7 Sep 2021 03:06:21 +0000 > From: Fire Fighter <firehoser75@hotmail.com> > Subject: [Sentoa] Re: NT37 - Re-caulking Seam between transom and swim > platform > To: "South East Nordic Tugs Owners' Association (SENTOA)" > <sentoa@lists.sentoa.org> > Message-ID: <MWHPR2201MB1279111802CA5D1EBD5CE031B6D39@MWHPR2201MB1279 > .namprd22.prod.outlook.com> > Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="_000_MWHPR2201MB1279 > 111802CA5D1EBD5CE031B6D39MWHPR2201MB1279_" > > Stephen, > When I redid mine, it was just determination and hard work 🙂 I do not know of a "short cut". > I used a long bladed "box cutter", a scraper, and my fingers. If I remember correctly, it took my wife and I about 3 hours to remove all of the old caulk. Then gave the area a good cleaning with acetone, I think, and then put in the new caulk. I suggest using some "backing compound" (it is a round, thick string like substance available at the hardware store) in first, and then use Sikaflex 295UV or 291. > Good luck, and maybe some else has an easier method. > Tom Easterbrook > > ________________________________ > From: Stephen via Sentoa <sentoa@lists.sentoa.org> > Sent: September 6, 2021 6:40 PM > To: Sentoa <sentoa@lists.sentoa.org> > Cc: stephen.h.hill@gmail.com <stephen.h.hill@gmail.com> > Subject: [Sentoa] NT37 - Re-caulking Seam between transom and swim platform > > I need to re-caulk the seam between my transom and swim platform. Any good technique you’ve used to make removal of the old caulking easier? > > Thanks > Stephen Hill > NT37-199 > Tug’n > > Sent from my iPhone > _______________________________________________ > Sentoa mailing list -- sentoa@lists.sentoa.org > To unsubscribe send an email to sentoa-leave@lists.sentoa.org >