[bolger] Re: Web Site, Paraply and Rot Prevention

Robert,
I'm not really a conspiracy theorist but I wonder if there might be
something to your hidden reason theory of why para-ply is not labeled as
exterior. I once wrote to Home Depot to try to get more information about
Para-ply, but I did not get any information back from them. Regards, Warren

Hello All

For those of you who attempted to visit my Web site
(http://members.xoom.com/flboatyard)
let me apologize for you probably not being able to see any pics. All of
the Windsprint construction pics somehow ballooned to approx 400K apiece
without my noticing it. anyway, its fixed, the pics should load in a normal
time period.

As I mentioned last week, I have a small piece of 3/4" paraply (stamped
interior) floating in my Tampa Bay canal. After about 4 days, there's no
sign of delamination. In fact, it looks pretty good. the face plys (which
are kind of thin) are soaked. If you think about it, 96 hours is about all
a boat stays wet in a whole season sometimes. I'm wondering if there isn't
some clever way to avoid duty if imported plywood is "interior" as opposed
to exterior.

Ever since I read of Dave Carnell's experiments with anti-freeze (glycol) as
a rot preservative, I've been intrigued. Today I painted some on the bottom
of the upholstered seat in my 21' center console. The seat bottom is 3/4
ext plywood and is wet almost all the time as the closed cell foam above it
traps water. Iy has had mushroom growing out of it in the last year.
Should be a good test.

Robert & Amy Lundy
St. Petersburg Fla.