Spongy deck

[Guest]

I have a Hood 23 with a spongy deck. I have thought about filling the void between the two GRP layers with DIY polyurethane foam but I am worried this will not be strong enough.
It is not concerning me enought to pull the boat apart or spend a fortune on.
Any simple solutions?
Thanks

 

[ccscott49]

There aren't any simple answers I'm afraid, I have heard of people drilling holes all over the place then injecting epoxy, with slow hardener, but with mixed results, DIY foam doesn't sound much like a solution to what is a pretty bad situation, you must whatever you do dry out the voids and core before trying anything, sorry I can't be of any real help.

 

[JimMcMillan]

Did this with my Scampi which was quite bad.Lot of water between layers.Drilled holes in top layer(deck)app every foot then injected with foam.Used about 2 of the larger tins you get from DIY stores Entirely successful.Drove out all the water and has done a good job for 2 seasons now.One snag.it comes out everywhere after injecting and you must take care to try to inject evenly or your deck will look like an advert for tyres.

 

[RobertMartin]

Drill holes, let dry out, fill with neat epoxy, fair, paint.. Its not that hard ( really ). ALSO FIND OUT WHERE THE WATER IS GETTING IN !!!! if you don't fix it, you will be very worried in a few years.. Plus you will need to fix it when you sell it anyway......

Bobby aka Seawolf..
Freedom is the song of your soul..

 

[30boat]

The balsa in my previuos boat was completely rotted due to earlier atempts at fitting a teak deck . The problem was so bad that I had to cut the outer skin open,dig out the mush that used to be the core and clean thorougly .The I used plywood for core bedded in epoxy putty and laminated over.After fairing and paintig it was impossible to see the repair.A lot of hard work though.