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I am doing a resto on an alum boat and during these cold months want to epoxy coat the new wood decking and transom. I have no experience with epoxy but have lurked thru enough threads to know temp of room, the wood and the epoxy are important.
Somewhere I thought saw a reference to not doing...
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A few years back my friend retires to Sandusky area, on the shores of Lake Erie. ?The Islands?. He settles in and goes on the search for a trailerable aluminum boat for use in the bays and near shore. CL and local classifieds are filled with plenty of options and he auickly finds...
I am doing a restoration on 1979 and intend to keep bare bones until resolve how boat works out. I am thinking of making the deck removable so can easily rework when settled on layout. I will start a restoration thread with pics soon but am curious if anyone has thoughts or experience on how...