how to prevent rot in NEW wood

[crab bait]

number one ; the only thing that prevents rot is epoxy ..but only if the wood is dry before hand ,,under 12 % moisture,, or it will rot from the inside out if the wood is encapsulated.. epoxy soaks into the wood & prevents water molecues from penetrating.. chaulk may seem good but doesn't penetrate.an can peel away or have a void ..polyester resin is not a glue, does not truely bond to wood & lets water molecues pass rite thru ,, doin' nothing to prevent rot.. for bolt holes or for any hole in wood is a bad thing .. an is a gateway for rot.. especialy because a hole exposes the end/side grain like a sponge.. oneway to solve this is by goin' to a good hardware store an buying some brass tubing made by K & S .. it comes in vast fractional sizes.. say for the motor bolt holes in the transom buy a larger size tubing to the size of a standard spade bit..bore hole in transom cut a piece of tubing the thickness of the transom shy a couple mm's.. mix & apply epoxy in the hole/s then apply it again before set up.. soak it good. then apply epoxy to the cut brass pieces slide them in the hole/s .. that's it sealed hole for life.. then you can put bolts thru after cure & chaulk the play left in the hole/s...TIP... vinger cleans up uncured epoxy like nothing else & it's cheap & safe.. hope this helps

 

[Saperry]

Re: how to prevent rot in NEW wood

reat Idea Crab I will do that on my new transom.

 

[Franki]

Re: how to prevent rot in NEW wood

I'm just gonna go with seacast for mine,,<br /><br />don't want to ever worry about it again.<br /><br />rgsd<br /><br />Frank

 

[Saperry]

Re: how to prevent rot in NEW wood

I have looked at seacast and I am NOT sold on it<br />It may be a great product and do the job fine but I cannot afford to roll the dice. It woud cost over $350.00 to do my transom alone. Then I still need wood and fiber glass for the floor. I can buy enough wood and glass to do both for about $250.00. If I pour $350.00 worth of seacast and it does not take I will have to dig/chisel/grind all the seacast out and still go buy the wood and glass. Not to mention a trip to Ga. to put my foot in some at Seacasts' A#%. The boat I am doing is already 16 years old. If I build a wood transom and take care of it it will last untill the boat is worth almost nothing in any condition. <br />That is my logic for not using Seacast...for what it is worth. If I could by the stuff locally and not pay annother 40-60 bucks shipping on top of the price, maybe. If I saw a boat that had it done and it worked out great, probably. <br />I KNOW a wooden transom will work and I am conifident that I can build one.<br /><br />****Good Wood Properly Used Has Never Failed*****<br /><br />That was a sign at an old Mom & Pop lumber yard near home when I was a kid. Ofcourse Home Depot put them out of buissness so what does that prove.

 

[oldboat1]

Re: how to prevent rot in NEW wood

crab bait has a good idea for through-bolting. I soaked/filled/coated the holes with epoxy when I did my transoms, but it is probably possible for the bolt to wear away the epoxy enough to let some water in.<br /><br />I'm a believer in the epoxy and construction grade plywood method for rebuilding transoms. It's fairly cost effective, and probably as good as original construction. It is also possible to do a new transom with plywood and 5200 adhesive/sealant (or an equivalent). I think it depends on how long you want the boat to last, but I'll bet that using plywood and 5200 provides a solid transom for a lot of years. It's sure safer than trying to get by for another year or so with a transom that is rotting out.

 

[FlyBoyMark]

Re: how to prevent rot in NEW wood

Pressure treated REAL copper naphthate impregnated wood or some of the new wood substitutes materials.........and never let get wet!