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Old 12-26-2004, 02:55 PM
SugarHigh SugarHigh is offline
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Default Too cold for fiberglass work?

I own a 16' aluminum bass boat that I am redoing the floors on...it had carpet but I ripped that up and the marine plywood was rotted so I am going to get a few new pieces of plywood and redo the floor in her, with fiberglass this time so she's an easy-to-clean bay boat. Would like to get it done next week, looks like highs will be in the 60s and lows will be in the low 30s...is this too cold to do fiberglass work? I have a shed but its not heated. Any suggestions?
Once I get all the necessary work done she'll be up for sale, 1996 16' grumman side console with a 1988 28 horse johnson (runs great!), trailer, livewell, trolling motor, new battery, if interested let me know. I'm taking the engine to the mechanic in a couple weeks for maintence stuff, and I'm also putting a new control box in it.
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Old 12-27-2004, 02:02 PM
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Default Re: Too cold for fiberglass work?

It will be too cold to apply resin and fiberglass in your shed unless you really crank up the heat somehow, perhaps you could rent a salamander, a big heater for construction job sites. Also, I heard that composites one(a resin,epoxy, glues distributor for boat work) markets a resin that will work regardless of tempurature. It's very new.
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Old 12-27-2004, 07:19 PM
ocuyler ocuyler is offline
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Default Re: Too cold for fiberglass work?

A friend has a similar boat, we replaced his plywood transom and flooring. We used pressure treated plywood and feel it will last far longer than he will ever want to keep it. It's as good or better than when the OEM built it.
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Old 12-29-2004, 02:30 PM
albacore00 albacore00 is offline
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Default Re: Too cold for fiberglass work?

the pt wood is a great way to go to save time and also the potential mess of fiberglass work. I did pretty much the same thing with an old 18 foot starcraft aluminum boat and built some underdeck supports with pt wood for a 22 foot mako I put a new deck in 2 years ago. Fiberglass resin and similar resins will not adhere to pt wood.
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