2007-05-16 03:25:14 · 9 answers · asked by ladders 1 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Boats & Boating
Is there some reason you don't want to fiberglass in the wood to the fiberglass? I think that is how it is usually done, but the fact that you are using pressure treated rather than marine grade wood may make that difficult.
2007-05-16 03:41:38 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Pressure treated wood is not the way to go for starters. You can use marine plywood and laminate it in layers to get the thickness you need. Or you can use a non treated hardwood. You can then use a marine epoxy from West Systems and fiberglass over that. Normally you can just fiberglass directly over wood and do not need to use any type of glue or epoxy for bonding.
2007-05-16 04:09:32 · answer #2 · answered by mark t 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Bonding Wood To Fiberglass
2016-11-07 12:09:08 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
definitely NOT pressure treated wood. That's designed to resist insects. There are types of marine plywood that you can laminate together with epoxy. West system, Raka, or system 3. If this is an underwater application, you may want to cover it with fiberglass cloth, saturate it with epoxy and then paint it with bottom paint.
2007-05-16 04:19:51 · answer #4 · answered by Mike 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Pressure treated wood is nasty to work with and difficult to stick, as it's impregnated with arsenic and other nice stuff. Your best bet is an epoxy resin... the best is the West System, available at any boating supply house. don't waste your time with cheap resins, or hardware store glues.
2007-05-16 12:53:53 · answer #5 · answered by squeezie_1999 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Marine adhesives do NOT stick well to CCA pressure treated lumber, it's LOUSY lumber to start with (Southern Yellow Pine) guaranteed to "Check", "WARP", and split, tons of knots too ! Marine plywood, and fiberglass is a better way to go.
2007-05-16 15:21:42 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Marine Epoxy....available at Lowes, Home Depot, etc.
2007-05-16 03:29:28 · answer #7 · answered by blakereik 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
HELLO,YOUR BEST BET WOULD BE TO USE EXTERIOR GRADE PLY WOOD ,CHEAPER THAN MARINE GRADE .THEN LAY IT UP WITH VINYL ESTER RESIN ,IT CAN BE RE APPLIED UP TO THREE DAYS WITHOUT GRINDING IN BETWEEN LAY UPS. AND IS NOT PRONE TO WATER ABSORPTION LIKE POLYESTER ,,AFTER CURE OUT ,SAND OFF TOP GLOSS AND FINISH HOWEVER YOU WISH.
2007-05-16 16:19:48 · answer #8 · answered by wezziecat 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I just read about this stuff called Green-Lock. Apparently, it can be used underwater, and/or in any weather condition...
http://www.facilitiesnet.com/productwatch/details.asp?ProductID=628&count=false
2007-05-16 03:32:46 · answer #9 · answered by guinnesscrazy 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋