Picture book of stringer/floor deck rebuild

[Nova II 260]

Rebuild: 22' Aerocraft Cuddy <url>http://eharder.com/Eric/Boat/</url> <br>Hi mates, new to the iBoats forum. Some very interesting reading here. I've been digging the rot out of the belly of the beast for a few weeks. I'm keeping an album for those that want to know what the are getting into when finding soft spots in their deck floor. I will caption more of the pics in a few days.
Anyone done any Vacuum resin infusion on a small assembly, like a console? Need some help.
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Eric H<br>
Comments welcome<br>
Questions abound and coming
<br>http://www.eharder/Eric/Boat/

 

[JustMrWill]

Re: Picture book of stringer/floor deck rebuild

Welcome to iBoats!

Good job so far. Keep it up and in no time you will be on the water.

No help on your vacuum resin infusion question..sorry.

-JMW

 

[Kevin70]

Re: Picture book of stringer/floor deck rebuild

Welcome deeman.

Thats going to be a sweet float when your done.

You can go to "My user area", click on "Edit sigs", and put in this code [xxx=http://eharder.com/Eric/Boat/]22' Aerocraft Cuddy project[/xxx]

Replace the xxx at the beginning and the end to url This will put a link at the bottom of all of your post.


I am sooooo not ready to mess with vacuum infusing yet. I'm a "lay it and wet it" person for the moment.d

 

[Mark42]

Re: Picture book of stringer/floor deck rebuild

BTW, someone posted about using a weed wacker/string trimmer to remove old foam. Seemed to work well for them. I understand that is a very labor intensive job. Anything to make it easier is worth trying.

 

[Nova II 260]

Re: Picture book of stringer/floor deck rebuild

I used a sawsall with a 10" long blade, a tree trimmer blade, claw hammer and a Japanese pull saw. I rounded the point on the blades as to not do any damage bottoming out against the hull. Just cut deep "v" cuts and use the hammer claw to pop the chunks out. Once all the big pieces are out I used a chisel (by hand) and removed the sticky places. You'll need a shop vac. and big trashbags. Very labor intensive...Next time I'm hiring some day labor...
22' Aerocraft Cuddy project
Eric H

 

[Lou C]

Re: Picture book of stringer/floor deck rebuild

Real pain the butt job, just did it in my 88 Four Winns. I used two different size crowbars to rip it out. Best to do this in cooler weather, way to hot to be doing this now! I would not use a weedwacker or chainsaw as I have heard others do, too easy to hurt yourself if you loose you footing in the boat. Just divide it into sections and do a section at a time so you don't get disgusted!

 

[AMD Rules]

Re: Picture book of stringer/floor deck rebuild

Excellent pictorial log. Keep it up!!