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Author: CC
Subject: Area around chainplate slot
Info: (4969 views) Posted: Friday 4-10-15 02:07:13 AM
I noticed that you ground out the area around the chainplate slot. Does that have any significance to this job? In other words, should I also consider grinding out that area in my effort to address the core rot / delamination issue?

Sorry if that's an incredibly dumb question. Thanks again for providing your excellent website.

:: Drilling lots of holes and filling them with thickened
:: epoxy did the trick for me. Epoxy might provide more
:: rigidity than foam.
::
:: You can see the holes here

:: http://dilworth.org/archive/boat/haulout_images/images/IMG_0978.j...
::
:: More boatyard work here :

:: http://dilworth.org/archive/boat/haulout.php
::
:: :: I'm rather sure my deck core is rotten. I know that the
:: :: best way of fixing this is to cut the deck skin off to
:: :: remove rotten core, replace the rotten core with fresh
:: :: wood, then re-attach the deck skin. That sounds like way
:: :: too much work for a boat that I got off of craigslist
:: :: for $1200, and honestly, it doesn't sound very
:: :: necessary.
:: ::
:: :: I know a lot of people think they can put unthickened
:: :: epoxy into holes drilled into the deck, but because
:: :: epoxy runs all over, I've heard this isn't very
:: :: effective.
:: ::
:: :: What if I pumped expanding foam from TAP Plastics or the
:: :: aerosol foam insulation from Home Depot into a grid of
:: :: holes drilled into the deck skin? Once each hole is
:: :: filled, I can then fiberglass over the holes. What's
:: :: wrong with that? If such foam is too weak, what about
:: :: epoxy thickened with microspheres? Sounds like it makes
:: :: sense, but evidently nobody on the interwebs has done
:: :: this and posted about it, so I'm wary of trying to do it
:: :: myself.

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