Re: floor restoration
Jesters, I started with a small soft spot in the bow 4 months ago. As of today, I have just finished glassing in the new floor above 1 new stringer. When you start tearing out...you are going to find alot of new rot. Right now, I have consumed 3 bags of fiber cloth, 1 gallon of resin, 2 4x8 sheets of treated ply, 1 sheet of pine ply and seems like 1 million man hours and more iching than posion ivy on a bad day. But to try to answer your question, I used a 4" angle grinder with a steel cutting blade. Worked wonders. Becarefull not to grind through the hull.<br />And studlymandingo is right! Use a respirator, I used a dust mask and wondered why I was cauffing up blood! Yes, thats right. After the fiberglass grinding and sanding was over, all symptoms were gone. Anyway, fiberglass resin burns lie a bad STD so buy a box of gloves. I was more instrested in speed than safety and paid the price. As of 4/14, I was grinding more fiber in flip-flops and slipped and now have a narly gash in my toe from the grinder. The good thing is, im throwing a boat carpeting party this weekend to have other people carpet it. If you need and/or want any more tips, search this forum. Your questions have been answered 1,000 times. You can also e-mail me at
jsturkie@sc.rr.com if you can't find some info!
