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Teak strips with the wider bonding area adhered well.

Properly prepared teak strips, sanded with 80 grit and freshly and liberally acetoned I'd not hesitate to glue them down. It was the narrower side seams from which the teak would shrink to correspond to the heat induced expansion that failed. If you are using more traditional and proven rubbery compounds between the strips, I'd say go for it.

I used 3/4" marine ply with 10 oz cloth topside and 6 oz cloth bottomside, stringers at about 18", glassed all around in Jaunty's cockpit then painted with paint and Kiwigrip nonskid. It feels great under foot, solid like it should be for constant traffic. With teak added over it, it should be a nice looking, good for bare feets kind of environment. In Passage I covered my painted cockpit sole with a teak grate from side to side and it still looked good after 28 years of being out in the weather constantly.

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