[Alberg30] Deck Coring - Epoxy

[Bruce Dart]

The discussion of the various materiels (Westm MAAS,
etc.) aside, there is a rather good discussion of the
issues and techniques involved in repairing deck cores
in Don Casey's book, "This Old Boat."

Bruce Dart 
--- chrishardy <chrishardy at tds.net> wrote:
> used mass epoxy on several boats and other project
> nothing but high 
> praise for the system the best for sure   chris
> 
> J Bergquist wrote:
> 
> >CB-
> >
> >sounds like you've had a much different experience
> with West than I have. Maybe I will try the MAAS
> next time. Thanks for the insight. 
> >
> >I am trying to get some more detailed information
> about core. I just did a quick check on Defender's
> website and it does appear that the balsa is about
> half price of the foam that they sell (though the
> foam does not specify area units so I am assuming
> their units are the same size). The foam can be
> rigid or scored, but my recollection is that even
> the scored foam is still pretty doggone stiff
> compared to the balsa. It depends on what you want
> and what you can do. But if there is any curvature
> in your surface (which I think there will be), I
> think you will need to weight the foam or bag it in
> order to get good adhesion. Balsa will be a little
> easier to get it to stick and adhere to the bedding
> compound.
> >
> >Hopefully I will get some more specific core
> information for you later today.
> >
> >J
> >
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