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Originally Posted by conus00
@Siara That's a great color picture of IX type. Wouldn't you by chance have a similar picture of deck for type VII?
BTW How's your work on VIIC going? haven't seen any posts in your thread lately...
THX
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I was on holiday for 2 weeks, and just returned on saturday. I will post the small update today- new plaque.
As to the deck on type VII, it was treated the same way as the deck on type IX.
Heres the part of the article from excellent reference material from Wink Griese:
“The deck was fir or pine. It was treated with Carbolineum or sometimes wood tar, they used whatever they could get. Carbolineum was a pre-1900 German product that was then licensed to German manufacturers after the Carbolineum company founders moved to the Milwaukee area in the early 1900s. The benefit is of course wood preservative, however it is also a black or deep brown color on the wood which of course helps with hiding the deck when shallow submerged.
When we recently restored the U-505 we were able to get Carbolineum from the original company to treat the pine deck, thereby returning it to its original appearance. We painted it on with rollers, the Germans likely immersed the wood and got a darker effect. It is a very deep brown almost black look. However, when exposed to the sea and air it must have lightened some as our deck was treated with two coats rolled and then it sat in the weather for almost 1 year and it did indeed lighten. If you depict a very dark brown it will be correct as new, a little lighter perhaps for at sea look but still on the very dark side. At least we have it right this time.”
Hope it helps.