floor repairs

[Billybob]

If you want to match the original pattern, go to an auto body supply place with the width, I forget what it is, but it's a little off standard. Get the blue plastic tape, spray the whole floor first, then lay you're masking and roll/spray your non-skid. I think that's a detail that looks great, especially if you go a little darker with the non-skid, like a tan.

[Blue197320]

my floor did not have those lines. i had non skid on it. i have not put non skid on the area again. i did mine exactly the same way as those pictures describe.

[beradtke]

sorry about the slow replie been busy. goor to looking and i thought the raised section of the floor was engrained in the floor. i didnt know it was just non skip with sections missing where there was tape at. now i know i can match it i am quite please. has any one ever filled the floor area completely with glass resin,instead of putting wood down i am just curious??

[bigeasy1]

I thought about laying up several layers of glass,just in the area as shown in the pics.,making it solid,I had lots of leftover glass but after some thought,i decided against it. Too much weight,a waste of resin and glass,and IMHO unnecessary.

If your talking about pouring a resin mix of some sort in there,i tink that would be a mistake.
You wouldn't get very good results.You'd have to thicken it with something like cabosil,but unless you added other stuff like milled fiber,or chopped strand you wouldn't have much strength.

You would add lots and lots of weight to the boat,The cost would be excessive even with Polyester resin. You'd have to rob a bank to use epoxy,and either way what would you gain?

In areas where you'll be mounting things,use plywood,and the rest,use a core material like foam or balsa,or do the whole thing in plywood.
Done properly,it will last as long as you need.

I ended up using a layer of 1-1/2oz mat then the plywood,then two layer of 1708,and two layers of mat,all which brought it perfectly flush with the original floor.

[beradtke]

oh ok i didnt think about it from a weight aspect,since these boats are so heavy as it is.i will probably go the route of ply wood and glass,resin set up. seems to bee what everybody is doing these days and seems to work.