I know some folks do it that way (seal one side), but it disagrees with what
the epoxy manufactures say, what Gougeon Brothers say, and others. The
existing moisture in the wood will get trapped on 'surface states' in
between the wood and epoxy. Rot organisms will then have all that they need
....food (wood), oxygen (unsealed wood 'breathes' as you say), and water
(trapped at the epoxy/wood boundary). Not on my boat...

Brian


"John (scuubydu)" wrote in message
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On Mon, 06 Jun 2005 18:56:39 GMT,
Teak wrote:

I am close to finishing snip

{begin} My two cents worth...

As a point of note you should be aware
that to epoxy is 100% ok on any (old)
wood surface...
however (yes there is always a but)

The other side of the wood/planking/ply
should NOT have any epoxy/poly material
applied other than the usual painting to
allow the wood "to breath", thereby in
most (not all) cases preventing that
nasty old boogy called ROT to set its
ugly feed in!

{end} My two cents worth...

John
City of Sails
Auckland, New Zealand.