Well, I tried the black superglue 'caulking' proceedure today with mixed results.
Sunny back garden, shelter deck firmly gripped in the workmate, hypo filled with superglue, needle attached and proceeded to run-in the first line. The glue ran fairly freely so i thought I was on a winner. Along comes SWMBO with twenty questions ........................... subject; mind boggling trivia. Carried on running-in with the needle, very slow and painstaking process, requiring CONCENTRATION. Then all the neighbours decided to perform a synchronised grass mowing. Shortly after that, the Mums had got fed up with their little darlings (10:15) and sent them out into the Close to 'make some noise'.
At this point, I decided to pour the black glue over the planking and work it into the seams in the fervent hope that any staining could be sanded off. By 11:00 the glue had perceptively dried so I thought it was about time to get 'my own back' and plugged-in the orbital sander. 45 minutes of sanding had driven the darlings mad (indication of manual work y'know, something alien to kids of today) so they pleaded with their very responsible parents to take them to the seaside.
Once sanded down level (each plank appeared to have a different depth) the job looked fairly good. Unfortunately I had sanded one small area back to the base wood, but that can thankfully be concealed.
After that, a very light stain/varnish was rubbed into the planking, enough to match the already completed forward section. (See earlier posts).
The effect is satisfactory, no more, no less. I have learned much from this process, mainly, not to expect too much if you are pushed for time.
A blind man on a galloping horse might be impressed with the result so I am hurriedly positioning the associated deck clutter to hide the effect.
No images tonight, but the overall effect is not too much different to the previous images.
Thanks for looking in.
Yarpie.