[Public-list] More Deck Stuff

[jim mennucci]

If you areas are limited and you have access from the bottom you might 
consider doing the job from underneath to save the nonskid.  If you think 
doing fiberglass work from the top is hard...wait till you try it from the 
bottom....but it can be done and you won't spoil the non skid.

Jim Mennucci
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Peter Staehling" <staehpj1 at yahoo.com>
To: "Alberg 30 Public List -- open to all" <public-list at alberg30.org>
Sent: Wednesday, November 23, 2005 7:35 AM
Subject: [Public-list] More Deck Stuff


> After looking, tapping, consulting, pondering, etc. I
> am starting to feel like I am ready to start repairs
> as weather allows.  I would like to solicit comments
> on the following stuff.
>
> It looks to me as if there are fairly small
> delaminated areas along the side of the cabin.  I
> think these are a good candidate for epoxy injection
> and I plan to proceed a little at a time as weather
> permits.
>
> The more extensive area is the aft deck on the
> starboard side which is almost totally delaminated
> from a few inches from the hatch to a few inches from
> the toerail.  I think that if the core isn't
> completely shot I may try epoxy injection there too,
> but it is a pretty large area.
>
> If the core is shot, I wonder about cutting the
> section out, replacing the core and putting it back.
> This would allow the nonskid to be kept intact.  There
> isn't much smooth area outside the non skid to grind
> tapers in for glassing it back in place though.
>
> If that doesn't pan out redoing the deck in that area
> would be the last option I guess, but then I lose the
> nonskid in that area.
>
> There are a few messy repairs in the nonskid on
> various parts of the deck already and if things get
> much uglier with my additional repairs, I wonder about
> grinding off the nonskid and applying Treadmaster in
> it's place.  That would allow cosmetic patching to the
> point where the deck could be attractive again.  It
> would also be a lot of work.
>
> I also wonder about using a rubber mold to fix bad
> spots in the nonskid (after shallowly routing out the
> patched area).  I saw some info on that on West
> Systems page.  Anyone here done that?
>
> Pete Staehling
> #554
>
>
>
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