Captainsauls
Well-known member
Hello all, again, haha :wink:
If you've read any of the other 2 threads you'll be well aware that I'm trying my hardest to go broke working on this thing...
Anyways down to business... To follow suit with the rest of the boat the previous owner decided to never seal anything and drill as many holes as possible! So as you can guess the roof core is almost non existent. I was looking at a previous restorations completed by "Kidfreediver" (sorry I stole your picture but I needed it for reference. If it bothers you please let me know and I will remove it immediately)
I understand cutting out all the rotted coring material. My questions are
1. when placing the new core material in place is it necessary to bed this core in thickened epoxy or just wet the area out then lay the new core in?
2. do you use thickened epoxy to join the new core to the old core? like put thickened epoxy between the old ply wood and the new patch?
3. did you use some 1708 or just basic chop strand mat?
4. do you want to help do mine? (JK )
thanks for all the help fellas. I am glad I found this place. Once I get home off of my work boat I'll start a build thread and take as many pictures as I can. All help is appreciated. See the pic below for reference as to what I am trying to accomplish.
If you've read any of the other 2 threads you'll be well aware that I'm trying my hardest to go broke working on this thing...
Anyways down to business... To follow suit with the rest of the boat the previous owner decided to never seal anything and drill as many holes as possible! So as you can guess the roof core is almost non existent. I was looking at a previous restorations completed by "Kidfreediver" (sorry I stole your picture but I needed it for reference. If it bothers you please let me know and I will remove it immediately)
I understand cutting out all the rotted coring material. My questions are
1. when placing the new core material in place is it necessary to bed this core in thickened epoxy or just wet the area out then lay the new core in?
2. do you use thickened epoxy to join the new core to the old core? like put thickened epoxy between the old ply wood and the new patch?
3. did you use some 1708 or just basic chop strand mat?
4. do you want to help do mine? (JK )
thanks for all the help fellas. I am glad I found this place. Once I get home off of my work boat I'll start a build thread and take as many pictures as I can. All help is appreciated. See the pic below for reference as to what I am trying to accomplish.