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12-13-2017, 03:48 PM
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Senior Member
City: Oriental
Vessel Name: Delphina
Vessel Model: President 43
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What next ??
I am replacing the aft port side window which has leaked very badly over the years . There was black mold ? St the lower cornors so I proceed to do nvestigste and now have a mess . The wood was so wet it just peeled off and now am down to the Fiberglas.. I’m sure I need to have the plywood replaced before I install the replacement window but how do we go about doing so ?? I have a 1983 36 albin
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12-13-2017, 05:06 PM
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Guru
City: Ft Pierce
Vessel Name: Sold
Vessel Model: Was an Albin/PSN 40
Join Date: Oct 2011
Posts: 28,119
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I just epoxied in new pieces of plywood to fill in the rotton spots.
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12-13-2017, 05:08 PM
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City: Sydney
Join Date: Jul 2015
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Buy a boat they say its fun they say LOL
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12-13-2017, 08:13 PM
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City: Longboat Key, FL
Vessel Name: Bucky
Vessel Model: Krogen Manatee 36 North Sea
Join Date: Oct 2009
Posts: 5,196
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In my case, I marked the highest point of damaged wood on the wall involved, made a horizontal cut across the entire wall and replaced everything below it with new marine plywood before installing new window.
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"When life gets hard, eat marshmallows”.
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12-13-2017, 09:23 PM
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Senior Member
City: Oriental
Vessel Name: Delphina
Vessel Model: President 43
Join Date: Aug 2014
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After you put the plywood down what was next ?
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12-13-2017, 11:03 PM
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Senior Member
City: NW Washington State
Vessel Name: Kingfisher
Vessel Model: 37' converted gillnetter/crabber
Join Date: Oct 2017
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Cut back the damaged ply until you hit solid wood. Make a template...you can use cardboard, thin masonite, etc. Butter the new ply generously with epoxy and clamp in place...you can clamp through the open window, brace from the inside, etc.
Then you can skin the inside with Luan ply using any convenient adhesive and a notched trowel.
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12-13-2017, 11:58 PM
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City: St Augustine,Fl
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Listen to psneeld, he's been there,done that. Its certainly not as bad a repair as you think.
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12-14-2017, 12:02 AM
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Guru
City: Sydney
Vessel Name: Sojourn
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How do you get the depth/height right so the finishing ply fits flush? I suppose you use the same ply thickness underneath, but even so,to this non carpenter it sounds tricky.
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2005 Integrity 386 "Sojourn"
Sydney Australia
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12-14-2017, 04:59 AM
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City: Looking
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Vessel Model: Between boats
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It may be easier to just pull the window and replace the whole panel at once with new 1/8" luan ply. That's what I did some years ago with my small Nimble Kodiak. Save the old ply to use as a template to cut out the window opening, etc.
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12-14-2017, 08:36 AM
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Veteran Member
City: Baton Rouge
Vessel Name: Someday's Here
Vessel Model: 1987 Jefferson 42
Join Date: Apr 2017
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I cut out all the bad spots and made sure I stopped the leak. Next fill back in with marine grade to match existing plywood. I then matched the veneer, if you want to match the boats existing wood finish. I bought my veneer at Cabinet Warehouse. I bought samples and shipped first, then ordered full sheets. Luck was on my side as the damage was not that bad. Will be doing a video on it soon. I really liked the final repair and cosmetic look. What is more important I fixed the leak and the Admiral was happy with the interior finish
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12-14-2017, 09:04 AM
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Guru
City: North Carolina for now
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Beautiful work on that Nimble, boathealer. Wow!
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"There's the Right Way, the Wrong Way, and what some guy says he's gotten away with"
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12-14-2017, 10:11 AM
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City: Philadelphia, PA
Vessel Name: Revel
Vessel Model: 1984 Fu Hwa 39
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Second the kudos for Boathealer!
As for the repair strategy, I suggest coating out all wood repair materials with epoxy. No need to have to replace the repair later, and things always eventually leak again.
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12-14-2017, 09:50 PM
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Grand Vizier
Join Date: Jan 2010
Posts: 3,815
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Been there, done that.
Start with a hammer and well sharpened chisel and remove all rotten wood. Use a Dremel in some areas just like you were drilling a cavity in a tooth. Don't worry about leaving a flat surface, just get all the soft wood out.
Saturate the wood with west system epoxy thinned to milk consistency with MEK.
Flatten the substrate with epoxy thickened with wood dust, fairing compound, whatever, leaving slightly more depth than the thickness of whatever you are going over the repair. So, of it is 3/8", make the depth 13/32". When this is starting to thicken, press flat with a small piece of wood wrapped in wax paper.
Tape construction paper over the repair area, and with a razor knife cut out the paper by tracing the edges, then use this to cut your repair. Coat this on the backside with thickened epoxy and press onto place. Coat the edges so any gap is filled. Don't worry about clean edges, you can cut these down with a head gun and a scraper.
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You can get fancy with the repair piece of you want, orienting grains, etc.
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12-15-2017, 06:27 PM
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Guru
City: New Orleans
Vessel Name: Panache
Vessel Model: Viking 43 Double Cabin '76
Join Date: Mar 2011
Posts: 1,253
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What Delfin said to a tee. Been there, done that. First time wrong, second time right.
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