[Public-list] Deck repairs

[Villo Marmei]

Hi John.....
You better speak to Don Campbell....he is our formost A-30 deck 
expert....he has seen and worked the insides and outsides of many 
decks....he knows it all and can give you the most up to date advise.
Take care
Villo -



At 08:36 AM 5/30/2007, you wrote:
>Hello All,
>
>I have every stick of wood, every piece of metal and
>all the thru hulls off of my boat! What a job. Now
>that the easy part is over, I have several questions
>regarding deck repairs. I am going through "This Old
>Boat" and some old emails to learn some of the
>techniques, but the number of options and opinions are
>daunting. Any help on the following would be much
>appreciated.
>1) I have approximately one million screw & bolt
>holes, such as the through bolts for the old
>deteriorated toe rail, that need to be filled. Some
>will be seen others hidden. What is the best "filler"
>to use? (Obviously a paint job will follow at the
>appropriate time.)
>2) I have several extensive locations on the deck that
>appear to be cracked and parting gel coat. These
>locations, such as behind the coaming boards vary in
>size, but most are about half the thickness of a
>penny. The entire cockpit sole is crazed in this
>manner as are some other more localized areas. I
>expect to have to rebuild the sole, but I'm not sure
>what to do about the other areas as they appear to be
>sound beneath. Any thoughts or past experience would
>be helpful.
>3) I have noticed several local areas on the hull that
>appear to be small semi-circular "flakes". Most are
>just above the bottom paint, (they could also be under
>it for that matter), and appear to be only as thick as
>a business card at best. In other words, thicker than
>a coat of paint but thinner than the aforementioned
>deck crazing. I have read the posts on osmotic
>blisters and these areas do not sound like the same
>problem. Once again, any advice is welcomed.
>
>I can take pictures of these problems though I do not
>know how well any of it will show up.
>
>Thank you in advance for your help and advice.
>John Cooler
>Atalaya, #087
>
>
>
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