Re: I Hate My Trailer Please Help
Looking at this, my feeling is the first thing you need to do is to resolve whatever trailer issue you have that would cause this sort of damage. You do not want to repair it just to have to do it again.<br /><br />Since there is foam present, it will provide structure. The foam would need to be thoroughly dry, but I don't see a reason you can't do a repair from the outside. Without going into excessive detail, the fiberglass around the hole would need to ground in such a manner as to create a dished effect. At least three inches would need to be ground all the way around. The foam, after ensuring dryness, would need to be built up and leveled to create a surface to then lay layers of increasingly sized fiberglass layers. Once almost flush, a layer of gelcoat would be applied, trying to match the color of course. The fiberglass repair would bond with the foam as well as the existing fiberglass. I feel ripping into the hull, tearing out the foam just to get to the backside is not only unnecessary, but would reduce the structural integrity of that area. In anotherwords, it would be counter productive. This is just my opinion though. You should check into how this sort of thing is repaired on Whalers. The Whaler site should have this info, I can't imagine none of those salts have never damaged their hull before. Good luck...
