[Public-list] Cockpit floor

[Gordon Laco]

Hi Bill - 

Wood eh?  I guess a previous owner had to tackle the job I will tackle this
spring; cutting out the top layer of glass and removing the underlying soggy
core.  

To remove your non-skid I would suggest heat and a scraper.  In my case I am
going to cut around the whole cockpit floor with a rotary cutting tool whose
depth I can regulate (some-one tell me what the thing is called please),
scrape out the balsa/peanut butter.  I will then replace the core thickness
with plywood and build up the thickness again with epoxy.  I have a fond
hope that I can remove the top layer intact and glue it back down.  If not I
will be painting the new top surface.

Funny thing is the only part of the job I don't have full confidence in is
getting the rudder head casting off.  Does anybody have any suggestions?  I
don't imagine it will come off easily even after I back off the bolt.

Gord #426







> The cockpit on SallyB #441 has nonskid that looks like it was glued down
> years ago. It is hard as a rock and cracking. As pieces break off it is
> taking everything off down to the wood floor. I am going to have to grind
> everything down to the wood. My question is what I should use to build it
> back to give the cockpit both its strength and water tightness.
> 
> I have never done this type of repair and your words of experience would be
> great help.
> There is a man in Charleston who can do this for me, but I would rather not
> pay him $70/hr. I feel like this is something I should be able to do myself.
> 
> Bill
> 
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