Re: "abandon ship"
I suspect, if it's really leaking through the wood and not thru the
screw holes or something, that the wood isn't really exterior ply. If
you have some scraps, try the boil test. My fir ply holds up for an hour
when boiled! If the glue is no good, I should think to avoid headaches
in the future, that you ought to replace the bottom. Seems like it would
be a lot easier than building a new boat if you think about how you do
it first. Maybe cut out the bottom (blade set very shallow) and chisel
off remaining bits at edges, followed by clean up with plane?
If it's only bad in a one foot area, maybe you could cut that out and
splice in a patch with glass tape, but there's no guarantee that the
rest of the wood won't let go unless that's a spot that you bashed at
some point.
In the model airplane hobby, I have a rule of thumb that you always hold
on to the crashed plane for at least a week before tossing it so that
the temporary disappointment doesn't make you dump something worth fixing!
Randy wrote:
screw holes or something, that the wood isn't really exterior ply. If
you have some scraps, try the boil test. My fir ply holds up for an hour
when boiled! If the glue is no good, I should think to avoid headaches
in the future, that you ought to replace the bottom. Seems like it would
be a lot easier than building a new boat if you think about how you do
it first. Maybe cut out the bottom (blade set very shallow) and chisel
off remaining bits at edges, followed by clean up with plane?
If it's only bad in a one foot area, maybe you could cut that out and
splice in a patch with glass tape, but there's no guarantee that the
rest of the wood won't let go unless that's a spot that you bashed at
some point.
In the model airplane hobby, I have a rule of thumb that you always hold
on to the crashed plane for at least a week before tossing it so that
the temporary disappointment doesn't make you dump something worth fixing!
Randy wrote:
>snipStraining is probably a better word. The water was comming
>up through the floor. Not a hole but all over a one foot area. I
>used exterior grade fir(can't get anything else up in Alaska). After
>the boat was completed I put 3 coats of Kilts exterior primor on and
>then 3 coats of exterior paint.
>
>snip
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