I have a McKee Craft 16 footer with the well-known waterlogged foam problem. Cheks of various areas seem to indicate that the foam in the deck and the bow are pretty well saturated, but that the gunnels may be OK.
I'm going to pull up the deck and replace the foam. I know some folks try to dry it out, but I don't see that happening here. I also know others say to use it if it floats... ride it like you stole it. That option is entirely incompatible with my relatively picky nature.
That leaves pulling up the deck and replacing the foam.
My question is: When I pull up the deck and carve out all the bad foam there, assuming the gunnels and parts of the bow are still relatively dry/usable, will he newly poured foam bond to the existing foam? I'd like to just cut the decks and replace the foam there, bonding the new foam to the old.
Thoughts?
I'm going to pull up the deck and replace the foam. I know some folks try to dry it out, but I don't see that happening here. I also know others say to use it if it floats... ride it like you stole it. That option is entirely incompatible with my relatively picky nature.
That leaves pulling up the deck and replacing the foam.
My question is: When I pull up the deck and carve out all the bad foam there, assuming the gunnels and parts of the bow are still relatively dry/usable, will he newly poured foam bond to the existing foam? I'd like to just cut the decks and replace the foam there, bonding the new foam to the old.
Thoughts?