Need help

[skeetbum]

For plywood, what Cray said has worked for me also. Boat builders use fiberglass resin set up to kick slow and thinned with acetone 50/50. This thins it enough to soak in deep before it hardens. I also thinned the polyurethane to achieve the same thing. Spending extra time on the edges makes a big difference.

[scrat]

Well I decided to do something totally different for flooring my bass tracker pro 16. here are some pictures where I tore out the rotten plywood and replaced it with composite decking boards. Price cost was $140.00 for the deck boards and screws. These boards are rot proof won't crack or slinter and water proof as advertised. Time will tell if I made a good decision using these. I am going to try to show pictures of start to finish flooring my boat.

[scrat]

Bottom picture should have been on top. Took just 2 days for me to tear out and replace. Thanks for the ideas from everyone. Let me know what y'all think about the way I replace the deck.

[Cray]

Looking good. Would never have thought of using that. My neighbor did the deck on his pier with that a year or so ago. In the weather 24/7 and shows no signs of wear. Bet it holds up good.

[polarcrafter]

How much weight do you think you added? From my experience with the composite material, they seem to be a lot heavier per sq.ft than 3/4 plywood.

[scrat]

How much weight do you think you added? From my experience with the composite material, they seem to be a lot heavier per sq.ft than 3/4 plywood.

220# for 8 pieces of 0.90 x 5.5 x 12' composite decking vs 90# for 1 1/2 sheets of plywood not figuring the weight of the carpet on plywood. The length of decking I used was 10' 8"

[scrat]

Just a update on how the composite decking is working out for me. I am really liking it no problems at all. I would recommend it to anyone replacing there deck doing it the way I did. Hope everyone is staying safe and catching plenty of crappie.