Git Rot Prep

[tailgunner]

About to use some of this Git Rot for some spots in the deck. I pulled the old console and found some serious gouges in the fiberglass exposing the wood underneath. Of course this wood is saturated. Will acetone help remove some of this water prior to using the Git Rot?

 

[phatmanmike]

Re: Git Rot Prep

i have heard of using a big hypo needls, like the kind used on a horse, and injecting the wood with anti freeze, it kills the mold and fungus that is eating your wood, acetone wont do a thing but get you high, after you do the antifreeze, THEN and only THEN do the git rot.. im about to do the same thing this week to my center console<br /><br />mikey phatmanmike@yahoo.com

 

[Boomyal]

Re: Git Rot Prep

Y'al might want to check abit before applying the antifreeze. I may be wrong but I think that epoxy will not adhere to wood treated with it.

 

[Terry H]

Re: Git Rot Prep

You really need to get as much of the fiberglass removed to expose ALL of the moisture...then if you git a musty moldy smell you can saturate with antifreeze if you like, I sprayed the whole thing with a weed sprayer, but it must be totally dry before reseal. I treated the inside of a wooden boat of 15 feet last year and it took two months of summer heat and a large fan to dry it properly...I used a moisture meter also. It still is holding the epoxy 6 mos later...time will tell...just a Thought

 

[tailgunner]

Re: Git Rot Prep

I appreciate all the tips. BUT, I just want to get through this Summer and then yank out deck and stringers.<br /><br />I know what you are saying is the correct way to do it. Esp since I just drilled some 1/4" test holes and all the wood was soft and wet. I'm a little leery about using anti-freeze.<br /><br />Here's what I did:<br />Moved the trailer so the deck was in complete sunlight for 2 days. (okay, I lied there was only a day and half of sun) Then following the manufacturer's suggestion, I poured some acetone into the gouges. This appears to have helped evaporate some of the severe moisture. Then I mixed a small batch of Git Rot and poured it into the gouges.<br /><br />Next up, I'm going to West System the gouges and then paint.<br /><br />If I don't get the boat to the dock by next week, I lose my spot.

 

[thehermit]

Re: Git Rot Prep

gunner,<br />try a heat gun make everything warm and dry! If it is warm and dry regular epoxy will even penetrate better.<br />hermit

 

[tailgunner]

Re: Git Rot Prep

Hermit,<br />Will do. Have a Salamander heater that is going in the boat to do just that.