Wow, these are all great tips. Thanks!

Brian, I looked at your site (lots of great info and pics btw) and, in particular, the deck rigging set and not sure I saw anything I recognized. What is tread tape and where do you get it?

: Clean the deck well (I use lacquer thinner) and use contact cement. It will
: adhere just fine.

: Minicel is not the best material for this, unless you're using the
: "skin" side out (the harder black side - your material may not
: have this). It's not very abrasion resistant and it gouges/tears pretty
: easily. You'd be better off to use plastic tread tape to protect the deck.
: You can see examples in my "Deck Rigging" album (page 2) at the
: link below.