Thread: Jefferson Fiberglass Mud Skiff Repair

Now this is a Monster Mud Boat. No, not really, more like a motorized two man Mud Pirouge.



This is a oldie but a goodie for running rice fields out to your duck blind. The engine deck core rotted so I'm replacing it. Planning on selling this one. I don't use it anymore.



These plunge cutters work fantastic skinning out a transom or like here a deck. Just zip it out but leave a flange to work back to. Transoms I leave a minimum of 2 inch flange mostly a 3in flange is better.



Nothing left in the wood. Since I'm selling I'm using fully dried 1/2 treated plywood for the core going back. When I'm done it will be Bullet Proof. You must grind all the wood off both skins so the resin sticks to fiberglass. The reason the deck rotted was when manufactured the underside back deck at the transom was not sealed.



It's been a while since the Epoxy Cart was T'eed up. Had to run the air scrubber too to collect all the grinding dust. I patterned the original core, cut the back section then split it in the middle for installation. The upper section is cut in 3 pieces so I get a full tight core. A crack in between all the pieces is desirable for thickened resin to be troweled in. Since the inner skin is so thin blocking support from the underside is necessary. Once all the new core is fitted you number it in numerical order before it is reinstalled into the wet resins.