[Alberg30] Deck Repairs

[greg]

Hi Bill... Q1- I had everything pulled from the deck so all I did was check the
the deck thickness with a gage and pulled back the thickness of the bottom
layer of glass. If you can find/ make a good stop for your drill that will
help. I remember wrapping tape around the bits. I did bust through a few times.
When I did I would put some tape on the underside an go on. When you inject the
epoxy it would fill its self.  Not all the areas would take a lot of injected
epoxy... but when it did I gave it all it would take. It would show up in one
of the other holes. Also check the under side if you suspect a through
hole.:-)))
                Q2- There not cheap from what I've seen... $350.00-+  I had
hired a guy that was helping me with the early stages of the cockpit sole
replacement and he had access to one. He went around the deck and marked the
areas with a pencil and I took it from there. By the time it came to checking
how dry the deck was after dry out , I had rented one from a yard that had come
to know me. If your in a yard you might be able to slide someone a few bucks
and have him check for you. I can't remember the tolerance... but it does not
have to be bone dry for it to be acceptable. It can be done in an hour. Hope
this helps. I learned a lot in the process and gained a lot of knowledge. The
library and West Sys. have some books that will take the scariness out of it.

Glad to help...Greg



"Furey, Bill (CORP)" wrote:

> Hi Greg: I have an Alberg 35 with some wet areas. two questions:
> 1. how deep for the holes & can you tell readily that you have'nt drilled
> too far?
> 2. How can I get &how much, what brand etc for a moisture meter.
> thks.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: greg [mailto:greg at vandenbergphoto.com]
> Sent: Thursday, January 31, 2002 6:03 PM
> To: public-list at alberg30.org
> Subject: Re: [Alberg30] Deck Repairs
>
> I may regret sticking my nose in here. Having been involved in the repair of
> such
> things on our 1968 A30 #312. We have replaced our cockpit soul and repaired
> side
> deck de lamination in areas of the non skid with good result. It is not as
> scary
> as it looks... just time consuming. We did not cut away the wet de-laminated
> areas  of the deck  ( not true of the cockpit sole) but drilled 1/4 inch
> holes on
> a 1 inch grid over the wet areas and then with lamps dried the areas till
> the
> moisture meter showed an acceptable content. We then injected as much epoxy
> resin
> as the delaminated area would except and filled and smoothed the area with
> thickened epoxy. Over which we applied a new non skid surface with mron(sp)
> and
> Awlgrip's silica. We did this on the entire deck  and cockpit. It looked
> great
> when complete. Drying was not a fast process it took days and the project
> took
> alot of time away from sailing.
>
> Kindest Regards- Greg
>
> PS: I'm in west Michigan if you want to talk. 616 454 5225
> PPS: Same for the cockpit sole.
>
> "Paloma L. Hawry" wrote:
>
> >
> > We need to let the owner know soon if we are willing to purchase the boat
> > and tackle this work.  Our expectation is that we are looking at deck
> > repairs anywhere between $2000 and $7000 range - assuming we do some of
> the
> > work ourselves. (We are handy and willing to do much of the prep and
> > painting/finish work, but haven't got the experience or sufficient time
> for
> > the structural work).  As we are on a very tight budget, we can't afford
> > major surprises beyond that range.
> >
>
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