: Working on my second build (so I am far from experienced) and with
: this one I am cutting some stripes into the deck. The front deck
: is not peaked, it has a general roll to it which seems pretty
: manageable. However, my strips are curving, climbing, dropping,
: twisting, etc., and getting all these tightly fitted with no
: gaps is a bit of a challenge. My pattern has the stripe growing
: in size from a point at one end to about six inches on the
: other.

: I've started at the end of the stripe that is narrow and am working
: my way toward the wide end. Is it easier with cove/bead or flat
: strips? How concerned should I be with the little gaps? How much
: will they fill in when I sand it down? Do I just plan to tape
: and fill my gaps afterward or do I just need to slow way, way
: down and be as careful as I can about making sure everything
: looks perfect prior to sanding? Basically, what is the trick to
: getting good tight fits with all these strips?

: Thanks!
: Tyler

In my experience sanding makes gaps worse, not better. It's most definately easier with plain strips, if you use a cove and bead after tapering the strips you'd then have to recut the cove and bead by hand on each strip.

Doing a deck like this takes serious time, it's why most don't do it.

Bill H.