Floor opened on 1958 dorsett eldorado

[alloffroad]

I cut the floor open and the wood is rotten. No suprise though. I think someone has replaced the stringers before. It just looks like they were thrown in, in a hurry. There is only a couple of strips of glass holding them in. The plywood has some patches in it. Some squares that were glassed over, ???. The wood seems to be ceder 1"X4"'s. I can't take pictures right now because the batteries are dead in the camera. I will post some pics when I can. How are the stringers supposed to be held to the boat, besides the glass? Are they glued in?

 

[sdunt]

Re: Floor opened on 1958 dorsett eldorado

There are lots of ways stringers are installed. You might want to visit a few websites and also see if you can find a copy of these books are start reading:
Runabout Renovation: How to Find and Fix Up an Old Fiberglass Speedboat by Jim Anderson
http://www.amazon.com/Runabout-Reno...0255336?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1176991542&sr=8-1

The Fiberglass Boat Repair Manual by Allan H. Viatses
http://www.amazon.com/Fiberglass-Bo...0255336?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1176991609&sr=1-2

Fiberglass Repair and Construction Handbook Author: Jack Wiley
http://www.amazon.com/Fiberglass-Re...9355330?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1180026258&sr=1-1

Video on Fiberglassing:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x6BIr0Kq0Bs

Boat Repair and Restoration Articles @ West System
http://www.westsystem.com/ewmag/proj_repair.html

West Systems User manual
http://www.westsystem.com/frames/tier1/usingepoxy.htm

"The Epoxy Book" Systems 3 Epoxy
http://www.mertons.com/Epoxy/documents/epoxy_book.pdf .

 

[alloffroad]

Re: Floor opened on 1958 dorsett eldorado

Cool, I'll check these out. Thanks

 

[alloffroad]

Re: Floor opened on 1958 dorsett eldorado

Another question. When I am done with the wood work part of the floor, does the plywood need to be glassed over or should some other method be used? If so what?