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sealing plywood end grain?
a stitch and glue kayak made from lauan ply (the cheap doorskin/non
waterproof). Kept under cover in the mild southern california coastal climes. Showing delam in the areas where the ply has extensive exposure to end grain (cockpit coaming, hatches). Also occasional splits on the sides where impacts have occurred and allowed to open a bit. What's the best strategy to keep splitting to a minimum (yeah, I know, marine grade ply. Aint gonna happen- not in the budget.) When building the boat might the best strategy have been a couple layers of thinned epoxy to penetrate the end grain and flat surfaces given me a better chance of not having to deal with this fairly minor problem (considering the age of the boat is approaching 10 yr old) It was fun to build the boats and the one that spent the majority of it's life in a garage looks a lot better in the splitting dept (or the lack of splits). Thanks Pat |
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