help building seat box!?!?!?

[ratking20]

so im rebuilding the box under my back to back seats on my 22 foot sea ray. the old box was rotting. im going to copy the old box exactly but instead of carpeting it i wanted to fiberglass it. im goin to use epoxy resin to seal the wood, is it worth it to use fiberglass cloth or is the resin enough to seal it and just paint over that? i want it to have that smooth fiberglass look if i can??? any help would be great

 

[Woodonglass]

Re: help building seat box!?!?!?

Welcome to iBoats!

Two coats of Epoxy resin, sand it smooth, Prime and Paint with Rustoleum Premium Oil Based High Gloss and it'll GLEAM like the SUN!!!!!

Well Almost!!!!

 

[Yacht Dr.]

Re: help building seat box!?!?!?

m goin to use epoxy resin to seal the wood, is it worth it to use fiberglass cloth or is the resin enough to seal it and just paint over that? i want it to have that smooth fiberglass look if i can??? any help would be great

If you want that Smooth fiberglass look to last more than a short period of time.. I would glass it.

2 coats of any kind of resin will not be enough for you to sand smooth and put a paint finish on it ( we dont even know what kind of wood yet ) .

Why Epoxy ? A few coats of poly and a layer or 2 of mat will serve you better IMHO..

If you want that Finished look..your going to have to sand and apply primer/sand/topcoat ..or sand and gel/sand/buff..

Your choice..

But thinking your wood wont check after a few coats of epoxy is silly ( unless your making the thing out of MDO ) .. You Might be able to get away with it ..but no few coats of epoxy is needed for topcoats ( WOG might explain on how to paint over MDO/HDO if you like ) ..

YD.

 

[ezmobee]

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2 coats of any kind of resin will not be enough for you to sand smooth and put a paint finish on it ( we dont even know what kind of wood yet ) .

2 coats of epoxy had my deck looking like bar tops. It was a shame to have to cover it up.

 

[Yacht Dr.]

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2 coats of epoxy had my deck looking like bar tops. It was a shame to have to cover it up.

2 coats of What epoxy ( application method ..roll..brush)..and on What wood ( prep method ) please.. ( for forum sake of product results ) ..

Got pics ..

YD.

 

[ezmobee]

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I'm sorry, I'll retract my amateur advice.

 

[Cadwelder]

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2 coats of What epoxy ( application method ..roll..brush)..and on What wood ( prep method ) please.. ( for forum sake of product results ) ..

Got pics ..

YD.

It's a seat box....any wood is fine (plywood I would guess) and use whomever's epoxy you like, and apply it however you like, brush, roller spray, whatever. Sand it smooth and paint it whatever color you like. It'll be fine. I've rebuilts many seat frames from marine grade plywood and recovered in vinyl, with absoulety nothing on the wood and they last for years. With epoxy and paint, you're done.

 

[Yacht Dr.]

Re: help building seat box!?!?!?

I'm sorry, I'll retract my amateur advice.

It's a seat box....any wood is fine (plywood I would guess) and use whomever's epoxy you like, and apply it however you like, brush, roller spray, whatever. Sand it smooth and paint it whatever color you like. It'll be fine. I've rebuilts many seat frames from marine grade plywood and recovered in vinyl, with absoulety nothing on the wood and they last for years. With epoxy and paint, you're done.

I humbly stand corrected ... and will defer to the members that have had success in there directions ..

I personally retract my opinions/suggestions on this thread..

YD.

 

[DALLEN7]

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Getting a little testy are we boys?

 

[ratking20]

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so epoxy and paint..... should i use fiberglass cloth or just paint over the coats of epoxy?????

 

[ezmobee]

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If you use fiberglass cloth your seats boxes will be about bulletproof, but I just don't see it as necessary in this application. Just paint over the cured epoxy.

 

[Cadwelder]

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Getting a little testy are we boys?

It happens Friends can disagree and still be friends....

Oh and if you want to add some cloth to the corners it'll help reinforce them, but again, not really necessary.

 

[ratking20]

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will it still have a smooth look? any special type of paint to use over the epoxy???

 

[Woodonglass]

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Refer to my original post... It has all you need.

 

[DALLEN7]

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Friends can disagree and still be friends....
I know you guys were making me laugh pretty good. I am clueless how do you use previous quotes and get them in blue before your own quote?

 

[Woodonglass]

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You cick on the reply with quote in the bottom right corner of the thread.

 

[DALLEN7]

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You cick on the reply with quote in the bottom right corner of the thread.

ok lets try this. thank you

 

[ratking20]

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okay , my boxes are built, im ready to start the resin coats tomorrow. should i round out the corners of the plywood???? do i really need to sand the entire box now or do i just sand between coats of resin and before painting???

 

[Woodonglass]

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If you want it smooth sand em now AND between each coat. The final product is ALL in the prep.

 

[ezmobee]

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I would round them off at least a little bit.