1993 Big Jon Lowe Complete conversion

[Alaskanhawg]

New to the board here and was referred here bye a friend. I have completely redone my Jon Boat over the last several weeks. Let me know what you think.

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[Bob_VT]

Re: 1993 Big Jon Lowe Complete conversion

Nice job.....what did you use for plywood? What did you coat it with?

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[jigngrub]

Re: 1993 Big Jon Lowe Complete conversion

That wood looks kinda pressure treated?

 

[Alaskanhawg]

Re: 1993 Big Jon Lowe Complete conversion

I used pressure treated wood with a coat of fiberglass resin on it.

 

[jbcurt00]

Re: 1993 Big Jon Lowe Complete conversion

I used pressure treated wood with a coat of fiberglass resin on it.

Polyester resin w/out fiberglass cloth/mat?

 

[Alaskanhawg]

Re: 1993 Big Jon Lowe Complete conversion

Polyester resin w/out fiberglass cloth/mat?

W/Out cloth/mat. just the resin

 

[Woodonglass]

Re: 1993 Big Jon Lowe Complete conversion

Uhmm.. Polyester resin without Mat is not optimum for sealing the wood. It will cure very hard and brittle an when he wood flexes, which it will the resin will crack and this will allow water penetration. It will also alow the chemicals in the PT plywood to leach out onto the aluminum hull and this is a bad thing. The chemicals have an adverse effect on aluminum and will start a chemical process that will severely corrode your hull. Lot's of info about all of this here on the forum if you do an advanced search on the topic of Pressure Treated plywood.