If folks have noted my postings here Silver Maiden is getting lots of work done to her. Work that has been deferred due to either lack of time, or money. Well money is tight now with me being out of work due to Covid-19 shutdowns, but I do have time.
One of the things that has to be fixed soon is the very bad delamination of the cabin top. It visibly flexes when I walk on the port side. Tapping on it leads me to believe it is a void for most of the length. I could cut the cabin top off clean it out and build a new section up with strips of plywood to follow the curve required as one other on here has done, but that is time consuming, takes the boat out of operation for a long time and might not be the best way for me to learn fiberglass work.
I found a product called injectadeck which claims to fill the voids of the rotted core, seal things up and give solid decks again. In speaking to the fellow who makes the product he says the compressive strength is between 200 and 400 PSI depending on how much water is in the core. Less water equals a denser and stronger closed cell foam.
It seems like I could do an injectadeck treatment in an afternoon and have the gelcoat patched and painted where the injection sights are the next afternoon.
Has anyone used this product? Does anyone have any thoughts on the product?
One of the things that has to be fixed soon is the very bad delamination of the cabin top. It visibly flexes when I walk on the port side. Tapping on it leads me to believe it is a void for most of the length. I could cut the cabin top off clean it out and build a new section up with strips of plywood to follow the curve required as one other on here has done, but that is time consuming, takes the boat out of operation for a long time and might not be the best way for me to learn fiberglass work.
I found a product called injectadeck which claims to fill the voids of the rotted core, seal things up and give solid decks again. In speaking to the fellow who makes the product he says the compressive strength is between 200 and 400 PSI depending on how much water is in the core. Less water equals a denser and stronger closed cell foam.
It seems like I could do an injectadeck treatment in an afternoon and have the gelcoat patched and painted where the injection sights are the next afternoon.
Has anyone used this product? Does anyone have any thoughts on the product?