Re: New Boat New Problems
Hey everyone, sorry its been a while for no pic updates I havent had a chance to get any pictures. But for an update I am in the process of finding some lumber to make stringers and transom ive called a few lumber yards, but no call back from them for some pressure treated wood, and on the crack I cleaned up the area around it . Any one know how thick of wood to use for the deck?
This leads me to believe you are still getting ahead of the place you need to be before starting the final cleanup & prep of the hull for glass & stringer work.
In many many different places you can find the deck thickness question answered. But Ez has supplied a good recommendation.
There is little need or want for pressure treated lumber. It will be:
- more expensive
- harder to find in multiple thicknesses: 3/4" for transom wood @ 2 layers & stringers, 1/2", 5/8", or 3/4" for deck/sole,
- harder get multiple sheets that are generally flat
- harder to keep mostly flat (as it dries it will go potato chip on you: bow & twist [potato chip like]
- much heavier initially (and still heavy compared to other better alternatives once dried)
- takes forever to dry (or at least as dry as you'll ever be able to get it w/ out a lumber kiln)
- once you cut it, w/out treating the end grain w/ a similar preservative you've given away most of the protection the pressure treating gave you. The end grain is the usual area water is wicked into the plywood, and once cut it's exposed & untreated. You may wrap that edges w/ CSM & resin to re-seal it, but you'd do that w/ other choices of wood too.
Most of the above is also covered in many different places & threads, but here is a list of good places to start:
oops' hull extension thread, he has a handy index on page1
Don S' sticky: "Helpful Tips", at the top of the Restoration forum
Find any of WOG's posts & go thru the 'deck, stringer, transom' link in his signature line
Hard to access the prep of the cracked area w/out pix.
