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the raging debate of marine plywood / fiberglassing / etc
kyle wrote:
I know it's a little off from what I had mentioned earlier.. but I was talking with my brother about my plan.. and he said you really should put carpet down on a ski boat.. snip Do as you choose, but IMHO, carpet belongs in houses, not on boats. Can't think of a single reason to put carpet on a boat, but everybody has gotta be someplace. Lew |
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kyle wrote: hi all, i've been searching through the group .. i keep finding conflicting opinions.. hoping i can ask my exact question and get an answer Stitch and glue driftboats are a special case, that make a good general point, I think. A driftboat (a dory that drifts down a river) gets its bottom pounded like no other boat. No matter how much glass you put over the bottom and chine, cuts in the glass skin will inevitably expose the plywood. Then the plywood wicks up moisture, which gets trapped almost forever, between the glass skins. Some guys (montana boat builders dot com) have essentially solved that problem (for stitch and glue boats anyway) by puting hot spray truck bed liner on the outside. Another way to deal with it is to use plastic honeycomb core for the bottom panel, instead of plywood. If you do that, you need a little extra glass, to stiffen the panel sufficiently. But when and if the skin gets cut, the moisture does not wick sideways into the honeycomb. For me it's all about do-it-yourself boatbuilding, not necessarily with wood. Plywood makes good side panels on dories.......a place that doesn't get pounded. For bottom panels on driftboats, I don't like plywood. Plascore (or nida core) might be a better core for any homemade boat. |
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On 15 Oct 2006 08:23:29 -0700, "Leaks"
wrote: kyle wrote: hi all, i've been searching through the group .. i keep finding conflicting opinions.. hoping i can ask my exact question and get an answer Stitch and glue driftboats are a special case, that make a good general point, I think. A driftboat (a dory that drifts down a river) gets its bottom pounded like no other boat. No matter how much glass you put over the bottom and chine, cuts in the glass skin will inevitably expose the plywood. Then the plywood wicks up moisture, which gets trapped almost forever, between the glass skins. Some guys (montana boat builders dot com) have essentially solved that problem (for stitch and glue boats anyway) by puting hot spray truck bed liner on the outside. Another way to deal with it is to use plastic honeycomb core for the bottom panel, instead of plywood. If you do that, you need a little extra glass, to stiffen the panel sufficiently. But when and if the skin gets cut, the moisture does not wick sideways into the honeycomb. .... Which reminds me - a Lake patrol man showed me the bottom of his airboat one day. To allow it to dock right up the ramp onto the hard, they fitted the bottom with a low friction plate - either high density polyethylene - or it might even have been teflon. Brian Whatcott Altus OK |
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kyle writes:
what i really want to do is have plywood and then a paint with sand in it to give a grip to the feet when walking. Don't use sand (silica). It will be coming loose continuously and ruining all sorts of mechanical things and surfaces due to its hardness. Use pumice grit. Provides a tread, but doesn't spoil mechanisms if it gets into a machine. |
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