northman
Cadet
- Joined
- Jul 18, 2013
- Messages
- 6
I just bought a new to me old aluminum boat a Crestliner...
and I gutted it out....oh that dreadful foam.....
After much hair pulling, especially after reading all the foam/no foam threads on here...
I decided to go with pour in foam again The noodle idea got my attention too, but for a different reason. Thankfully, my floors run perpendicular to the hull, allowing a clear drainage route for water right down the centre of the hull, provided that area remained a void. I ended up cutting some pool noodles in half (these ones were hollow) and taping them to the hull with the lower end butted up against the forms I made to keep the foam from running into the clear bilge area and the upper ends sitting below where the sole of the boat will be. I then cut the foam on an angle to direct water that will be running off the sole into the voids of the noodles. This should give the water a direct clean path down to the bilge to be pumped up. I will be painting the foam as well in an effort to seal it from water intrusion. I couldn't believe how much lighter the boat was with all that water saturated foam gone, crazy stuff I also JB welded all rivets from the inside before pouring the foam just as a precaution. I will post some pics of the noodle set up in another post, but wanted to say how much I appreciate the information I have gleaned from this site.....wonderful. 
and I gutted it out....oh that dreadful foam..... After much hair pulling, especially after reading all the foam/no foam threads on here... I decided to go with pour in foam again The noodle idea got my attention too, but for a different reason. Thankfully, my floors run perpendicular to the hull, allowing a clear drainage route for water right down the centre of the hull, provided that area remained a void. I ended up cutting some pool noodles in half (these ones were hollow) and taping them to the hull with the lower end butted up against the forms I made to keep the foam from running into the clear bilge area and the upper ends sitting below where the sole of the boat will be. I then cut the foam on an angle to direct water that will be running off the sole into the voids of the noodles. This should give the water a direct clean path down to the bilge to be pumped up. I will be painting the foam as well in an effort to seal it from water intrusion. I couldn't believe how much lighter the boat was with all that water saturated foam gone, crazy stuff I also JB welded all rivets from the inside before pouring the foam just as a precaution. I will post some pics of the noodle set up in another post, but wanted to say how much I appreciate the information I have gleaned from this site.....wonderful. 
