offshoreguy
Active member
Here are some recent pics of my deck repair on my 25sc io, after a bunch of c**rs lights, and a bunch of cuts this happened.
I would have done things much differently if I had known how good of shape the glass was on the underside of the deck. I would recomend for anyone doing a repair on their deck to set their saw high, (3/4" max) so not to cut through the fiberglass on the bottom of the deck, (as long as you dont need to get to the stringers) If you are able to leave the underlying layer of glass the rotted wood is very easily chisled away with a good chisel, scuff the glass with 80 grit, thickened structural epoxy, marine ply, and you are in business. I think I could have reused the topside fiberglass skin if I was more careful. Well live and learn just wanted to put the info out there in case anyone else runs into this, I really couldnt find much info on deck repair when I did a search, which could be a good thing or it could have just been my great computer skills. And I believe this all stemed from the screws on my eng hatch not being sealed with any sealant. The boat is more than ten yrs old but i really disected the wood where the screws were and couldnt find any traces of any type of sealant what so ever. Might have got installed on a friday afternoon.
Anyone have any tricks for non skid matching, I got the parker gelcoat thinking about trying the additve by interlux I think, any ideas. Anyone ever try this stuff?
I would have done things much differently if I had known how good of shape the glass was on the underside of the deck. I would recomend for anyone doing a repair on their deck to set their saw high, (3/4" max) so not to cut through the fiberglass on the bottom of the deck, (as long as you dont need to get to the stringers) If you are able to leave the underlying layer of glass the rotted wood is very easily chisled away with a good chisel, scuff the glass with 80 grit, thickened structural epoxy, marine ply, and you are in business. I think I could have reused the topside fiberglass skin if I was more careful. Well live and learn just wanted to put the info out there in case anyone else runs into this, I really couldnt find much info on deck repair when I did a search, which could be a good thing or it could have just been my great computer skills. And I believe this all stemed from the screws on my eng hatch not being sealed with any sealant. The boat is more than ten yrs old but i really disected the wood where the screws were and couldnt find any traces of any type of sealant what so ever. Might have got installed on a friday afternoon.
Anyone have any tricks for non skid matching, I got the parker gelcoat thinking about trying the additve by interlux I think, any ideas. Anyone ever try this stuff?