Hi,
I recently bought an '80's Edson aluminum 16' tiller steer, all open fishing/utility boat. It has the typical small triangular bow seat, 2 full width bench seats (aluminum bulkheads with plywood tops), and at the stern has a split seat (one seat in each rear corner), again aluminum framed with a plywood top/seating surface.
I'm in the process of replacing all the plywood seating surfaces with new plywood. I've already bought enough good 5/8" plywood, and my plan was to cut it to the right sized pieces and then brush on polyester resin/hardener mix (same mix as if one was doing fiberglassing) basically paint it on all sides/edges to seal the wood. No matt. Then I'd follow with primer and then paint. I thought I'd use polyester resin because I have some on hand, also it's cheap and readily available at auto parts places.
Sound reasonable? Or should I finish the wood some other way? Will paint stick well to polyester resin coated plywood?
Thanks for your $.02
I recently bought an '80's Edson aluminum 16' tiller steer, all open fishing/utility boat. It has the typical small triangular bow seat, 2 full width bench seats (aluminum bulkheads with plywood tops), and at the stern has a split seat (one seat in each rear corner), again aluminum framed with a plywood top/seating surface.
I'm in the process of replacing all the plywood seating surfaces with new plywood. I've already bought enough good 5/8" plywood, and my plan was to cut it to the right sized pieces and then brush on polyester resin/hardener mix (same mix as if one was doing fiberglassing) basically paint it on all sides/edges to seal the wood. No matt. Then I'd follow with primer and then paint. I thought I'd use polyester resin because I have some on hand, also it's cheap and readily available at auto parts places.
Sound reasonable? Or should I finish the wood some other way? Will paint stick well to polyester resin coated plywood?
Thanks for your $.02
