Ken Fraser wrote:

My Ballerina II boat has a marine plywood deck, currently covered with
canvas and Butinox, a proprietory paint coating with a rough surface.

It isn't watertight and water is penetrating beneath the paint/canvas
layer. I'm considering stripping down to the wood and sealing with
Smith Coat Clear Penetrating Epoxy Sealer (CPES)or something similar.

Can anyone provide any guidance?

Ken Fraser
Tobermory, Mull (Scotland)

You might try coating with varnish (with or without solvent thinning). It
should soak into the places where the water leaks in and harden/glue. You
can easily wipe it off the non leaking part of the non skid.

The bad news is you probably have rot under there now due to the water....

So maybe first soaking the area with bleach, (or solvent, etc.) is the
first step.

Use heat lamp to dry the subsurface also use it to heat the surface prior
to coating as the cooling subsurface will draw in the varnish etc. as it
cools.

paul


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