caulking around newly installed teak

[Tatheelrod22]

I recently bedded and installed all new toenails, handrails, and an eyebrow on my Skimmer 25. Today's project is to caulk them all with Boatlife Lifecaulk. I will tape them off and then apply and smooth out the bead. Is there an optimum amount of time I wait before removing the tape, or should I just do the entire caulking (probably an hour and then go back around removing all the tape?

Thanks in advance.

[Kalinka1]

I'd be care full with any caulk around your toe nails and eyebrows! And the tape will surely hurt when you tear it off.

[Terra Nova]

Originally Posted by Tatheelrod22

I recently bedded and installed all new toenails, handrails, and an eyebrow on my Skimmer 25. Today's project is to caulk them all with Boatlife Lifecaulk...

If you had properly bedded them they wouldn't need caulking.

[Suijin]

Originally Posted by Terra Nova

If you had properly bedded them they wouldn't need caulking.

+1

Ideally when you bed something there is no caulk showing. Both for appearance sake and because no caulk is fully UV proof. The exception is recaulking old deteriorating caulk or where caulk is filling/smoothing an uneven or rough joint.

[finefurn]

I've tried it both ways from fully cure to immediately after the smoothing part. I much prefer removing the tape as soon as I'm done smoothing out the squeeze out. otherwise you stand the chance of the tape tearing and leaving a piece of it stuck under the caulk that you didn't smooth out quite enough