Charlie, Is this in a high load area of the deck?
Do you have any balsa or other core material on hand? Re: epoxy bonding to gel coat or other coatings, there was a discussion here on the cnc-list in the last week or so on that same topic. In short, with good prep practices other coating will bond to well cured epoxy. Martin DeYoung Calypso 1971 C&C 43 Seattle [Description: Description: cid:D1BF9853-22F7-47FB-86F2-4115CE0BAF2F] From: CnC-List [mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com] On Behalf Of Charlie Nelson via CnC-List Sent: Thursday, July 09, 2015 11:10 AM To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com Cc: cenel...@aol.com Subject: Stus-List Deck repair I managed to crush a 2" x 4" portion of my aft deck on both sides recently. I have cleaned out the balsa core and removed the fiberglass/gel coat pieces on top and need to fill it in (its about 1 inch deep) and then, eventually, cover it with the Kiwi Grip that was on it pre-crushing. I have done a lot of fiberglass construction with epoxy and thought I would mix up a batch with some cotton fiber filler and just fill the hole. Alternatively I could wet a bunch of fiberglass tape I have with epoxy and then top this off with some thickened epoxy. Then I read about gel coat repair and it says that this won't adhere to an epoxy repair so I maybe I should fill the holes with thickened gel coat so that eventually some Kiwi Grip will stick to it. I need to fill it this weekend before the balsa core gets wet from rain, etc. although I have put a thin coating of epoxy on the balsa to protect it temporarily. What advice does the list have for such a repair? TIA, Charlie Nelson Water Phantom C&C 36 XL/kcb cenel...@aol.com<mailto:cenel...@aol.com>
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