Re: carpet and plywood on 19' aluminum vhull
Originally posted by JasonJ:<br /> I have been looking for an aluminum hull to build up into Skanky Beast II,
Those Aluminum hulls will grow on ya if your not careful. You might even find yourself turning up your nose at all these 'cookie cuttered' and 'tuperware' boats. <br /><br />After having 3 of different sized tuperware boats, my last 6-- 2 jon boats, a 19' and a 21' day cruiser, and the 2 hydroplanes I built-- have been Aluminum. <br /><br />.......<br /><br /><br />On your plywood question:<br /><br />After reading all up and down here about all the rotted floors,,,, as I'm sure you have too,,,<br />they all have a couple of common denominators-<br /><br /><br />None were the green pressure treated plywood to start with, and they all had been (attempted to be) sealed to keep moisture out. Sealed on top with 'glass, sealed on top & bottom with various paints or fiberglass resins, whatever.<br /><br />And, they all got moisture trapped in and under them, which led to them all rotting. Be it from the bottom up, or the inside out-- they all rotted much sooner than ya would think they should.<br /><br />On the other hand-- floors that are ventilated one way or another, and/or are the pressure treated plywood--- don't.<br /><br /><br />/////<br /><br />I used to have a '59 fiberglass outboard powered Lone Star 19'. It was all sealed up like we expect to see them. I changed the transom & floors back in 1980 (21 yr old hull) because the floors had holes where I'd stepped through, and transom board was about the consistancy of overboiled oatmeal.<br /><br /><br />Another boat I had was a 1964 Aluminum hull cruiser with a 4cyl Mercruiser I/O. When I restored it in 1990 (26 years old) the transom board was fine, and didn't get replaced. When I got rid of it in 1996, (32 year old hull) the original plywood was still in great shape. <br /><br /><br />........One transom board was sealed up in fiberglass, one was just raw wood totally exposed to the air..... Hmmmmm?? Which system is better?<br /><br /><br />That is a part of the experiance from which I speak on re-doing the plywood pieces in boats so they can ventilate, thus avoiding having to be re-done again in a few years. <br /><br />S/F,<br />Ed.
Here's a link to a few pics.<br /><br />I purchased the carpet and glue at Menards (see this discussion ) and haven't had any trouble to speak of.
