deck to hull sides

[thehermit]

Well Hey friends....the DECK IS DOWN. Thanks to all for the advice along the way. Hey E.E. I did cripple the center stringer and bury a 28 gal poly tank down there. Anyone who followed my "save money?" post I bailed on that and coated the marine ply with epoxy all around and used 5200 and stainless screws to fasten it. <br /><br />On the seam to the hull (and the but joints) as of now I have one 4" tape coat covered with a 6" tape coat (epoxy). I plan on covering the whole deck with cloth one final time (covering joints). This is enough right?? I cant tell you how good it feels to not be looking at stringers anymore. <br /><br />hermit<br /><br />project:<br />22' skiff-shelled....coming back to life!<br />transom/stringers/deck in <br />..on 10th gallon of epoxy

 

[E. E.]

Re: deck to hull sides

Hermit, I'm glad to here that the cripple joint worked for you. I've got one more stringer before I get to try the cripple joint in mine. Did you have any pics? I'm curious to see what it looked like before the deck went on. <br /><br />Congratulations! There IS light at the end of the tunnel.

 

[E. E.]

Re: deck to hull sides

Hermit, What kind of time frame did you spend on your rebuild so far?

 

[crab bait]

Re: deck to hull sides

i'd use biaxial glass tape.. one layer of this equals many many layers of regular glass.. <br /><br />should always go wide ( 6 in ) first than narrow ( 4 in ) o top.. as per to epoxy putty an sand.. <br /><br />the other way ,, you'll capture a rough edge hidden an visable underneath..

 

[thehermit]

Re: deck to hull sides

EE,<br />I do have some pix I will work on getting them together now that there is something to show. I guess if you go back to when I was shoveling Ice out of the hull after I cut off the original deck its been about 6 months. But I only really work on it about 10 hrs a week (got another boat that works!).<br /><br />Hey crab, I think I am going to ad one more tape coat and then run the final floor cloth up and over everything!

 

[ecblanks]

Re: deck to hull sides

I'm doing a similar project and have bought everything except my cloth and tape. The problem is, it seems most cloth sold on places like westmarine is $340 for a 50"x20yd roll. I don't need near that much. I have 1 60"x24" section to glass, and another jigsaw piece that if square would be 18"x30" at most. Can anybody help? This is for replacing pieces of the sole. <br />Also what is the difference between Epoxy resin and poly resin that I keep reading about. I bought WS 105 resin and 206 hardener which I plan to use to coat the wood and to work the cloth/tape. Am I missing somthing?<br />Thanks guys.