Hi everyone....I recently bought a 1994 four winns sundowner. I have had a surveyor look at it and the transom, hull, etc are dry and solid. Everything is good on the boat except......the cuddy ceiling!!!
Someone has left the bow hatch unsealed for a while and the balsa core is wet from about the midpoint of the hatch forward to the anchor locker. I removed the headliner and exposed the lower fiberglass core. The upper bow deck is in great shape with no stress cracks. I was told that this repair should be done from inside the cuddy.
My question is what's the easiest way to correct this?
1) is there something I can inject into the damaged core to re-bond ( once dried) ( might be hard from underneath)
2) can I leave it as is (dry the core somehow) and add some fiberglass supports underneath for strengh?
3) do I zip cut the bottom layer, remove the damaged core and then??
4) has anyone every done the above and then hired someone to spray foam?
Thanks in advance. ( btw boat is in heated garage)
Someone has left the bow hatch unsealed for a while and the balsa core is wet from about the midpoint of the hatch forward to the anchor locker. I removed the headliner and exposed the lower fiberglass core. The upper bow deck is in great shape with no stress cracks. I was told that this repair should be done from inside the cuddy.
My question is what's the easiest way to correct this?
1) is there something I can inject into the damaged core to re-bond ( once dried) ( might be hard from underneath)
2) can I leave it as is (dry the core somehow) and add some fiberglass supports underneath for strengh?
3) do I zip cut the bottom layer, remove the damaged core and then??
4) has anyone every done the above and then hired someone to spray foam?
Thanks in advance. ( btw boat is in heated garage)
