internal shelving and stuff - marine or normal ply

[niccapotamus]

marine ply or the normal stuff ?

I'm going to make a battery lid cover and some shelving in a locker inna boat

ta

Nick

 

[maby]

Depends on how dry your boat is really, dunnit? I would have no hesitation in using ordinary ply in ours - ok, if we sink, it will come to pieces, but that really would be the least of our concerns!

 

[niccapotamus]

seems quite dry and don't smell none.

I was really wondering whether the general dampness of the environment gets to it too much?

cheers

Nick

 

[maby]

If the boat does not leak, then there is no reason why the environment should be damper than that of a house on the seafront - and they don't bother using marine ply for furniture, do they?

 

[dunmor]

i used hardwood plywood from wickes when i redid my forward cabin, had no problems with it.

 

[niccapotamus]

View attachment 42686i used hardwood plywood from wickes when i redid my forward cabin, had no problems with it.View attachment 42685

nice job!!!

 

[maby]

nice job!!!

Indeed...

If the interior of your boat is damp enough to degrade standard plywood, your upholstery is going to grow mushrooms first!

 

[Davegriff]

I was always led to believe that marine ply and WPB used the same glues, just the quality of the timber differed, so no reason why WPB should de-laminate any more than 1088 or whatever. And I think most boats from the 80s onwards aren't constructed with marine ply internally anyway.

 

[CreakyDecks]

I used Wickes bog standard exterior ply to make new washboards. I put on a few coats of exterior wood stain, making sure plenty soaked into the edges and they are absolutely fine two years later, so I'd have no qualms about using it inside!

 

[ianfr]

I always give the standard ply a coat of epoxy, with 2 or 3 more on the edges.

Works so far for me so far.

Ian

 

[TQA]

There is a current thread in one of the forums [mobo] ?where someone had a chippy do some work and he used Jewson marine ply. Apparently the offcuts were delaminating in days.

I would be happy to use WBP but would coat it with epoxy with three coats on edges.