Suggestions on How to repair a Fiberglass floor with rotted wood.

[jstatham]

I picked up this deckboat real cheap today and I have some soft spots on the floor where they put the table mounts through the deck. The back area is damaged about 1 foot around the hole and the front is just a few inches. My question is do they make some kind of an expoy that I can fill in between the 2 pieces of fiberglass instead of cutting out the entire deck. Any suggest or help will be greatly appreciated.

 

[jigngrub]

Rotten wood is rotten wood and must be removed.

There are no miracle cures or work-arounds, it would be nice if there were... but there isn't.

You were able to buy the boat cheap because it needs a lot of work and money invested into it and isn't worth much in it's present condition... the owner probably should have paid you to haul it away.

Here's a current deck boat project going on in the forum:
http://forums.iboats.com/forum/boat...k-boat-transom-deck-stringer-replacement-help

Your boat is probably as bad or worse.

 

[jstatham]

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The boat is in overall good shape it just needs a good cleaning and tune up. I paid less than what the motor is worth.

 

[tpenfield]

The need to remove the wood is so that you remove the moisture that it contains . Otherwise, no sort of epoxy will adhere to the fiberglass. There are some resin-based fillers that can be used for this sort of thing, but they may not work for a floor. Usually they are used in transom repairs where you can 'fill' the void left by removing the wood.