Cauking your boat with butyl tape: no more Sikaflex, Pantera etc.!

During a boat refit you constantly need to caulk stuff: stanchion bases, cleats, chain plates... all these things frequently leak. But what to use for caulking? My answer to this questions is definitely BUTYL!!! Lots of people use Sikaflex 291i, 295UV or Pantera when actually butyl tape would be a cleaner, more reliable, cheaper and easier solution. In the US people have been using butyl time for longer, here in Europe it is not yet widely knows. That's a shame in my opinion, so I made this video to shed some light into the darkness of the butyl world. I show you when it's appropriate to use butyl tape, how to use it correctly, and in which situations you should rather rely on conventional caulking methods.
This is a selection of the products that I use and that I can highly recommend:
For caulking:
Butyl tape: amzn.to/37BU9Iy
Sikaflex 291i: amzn.to/2Fioob5
Sika 295UV: amzn.to/35heYs9
Pantera: amzn.to/2sPJR8G
Other equipment:
Proxxon Maulschlüssel: amzn.to/36oCfZj
PB Swisstools Schraubendreher: amzn.to/39GQDOE
Tesa Malerband für innen: amzn.to/33ki5y1
Tesa Malerband für aussen: amzn.to/2MoZNoh
Schutzmaske: amzn.to/2LVvXsy
ABEK-Filter: amzn.to/2Mqj8Fv
Staubfilter: amzn.to/2oooQzK
I enjoy working with these products, this is no paid advertising. If you click on the above links you will pay the same amount of money as you would otherwise, but I will get a small share of the profits from Amazon.
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