lukeabond for the floor ? good idea or bad?

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just got this boat in my pic and it had lukeabond,press wood,on the floor and the press wood was all ready wet why they put that in there i will never know.:confused:but i put the lukeabond back in now how good should this work? it is aluminum plastic aluminum sandwiched together or do i need to go back with some treated plywood and glass it? ok pic did not show its a baretta
 

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Re: lukeabond for the floor ? good idea or bad?

" lukeabond,press wood," hmmm might be a regional name?

I call that OSB (Oriented Strand Board) and I would not suggest that for a boat. People have tried it in the past and it requires allot of polyester/epoxy resins to properly seal it.

Someone put that in there because it was cheap and it was a band-aid repair! I would go with an exterior plywood installed the way it is done in many of our restorations
 
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Re: lukeabond for the floor ? good idea or bad?

sorry for the confusion, it had a layer of OSB board(press board) and then a layer of lukabond on the top witch i dont know the proper name of(thats what i have always heard it called)but what i am calling lukabond its a sheet of thin aluminum, plastic, and another sheet of aluminum all together , its the white stuff in the back of the pic of the boat floor. a lot of dog boxs are made out of it if you are filmiller with dog boxs, its light and durable
i took out the OSB and just put back in the lukabond.
 
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Re: lukeabond for the floor ? good idea or bad?

It's called Alucobond and although it is waterproof In my opinion it does not have the strength to be used for the deck of your boat.

I'm just sayin...:D
 
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Re: lukeabond for the floor ? good idea or bad?

dont use osb youll be redoing it in about a month.
 
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Re: lukeabond for the floor ? good idea or bad?

thinks for all the info. like i said just got it and new to boat owner ship our first boat was a bust:( and trying to fix this one up right so it will last thanks all
 
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