mercrewser
Petty Officer 1st Class
- Joined
- Dec 4, 2003
- Messages
- 367
I am reinstalling a floor in my 1969 Chris Craft. It has a very small cockpit, there is not much floor space. My floor was originally not covered in glass, and it lasted 37 years. The bottom side was only painted, it had no resin coating. The top did have a resin coating. There was only a few areas of rot, and this boat had been abandoned, uncovered for 10 years. I thought interior grade ply, with a few coats of epoxy would be fine. Now I'm thinking twice. I have put alot of work into this so far, and I dont want to do this again. I originally figured that since there is not much floor area as it is, and since I was using a good vinyl flooring, I could leave out the glass. Would I be stupid to keep going this way, with out adding a layer of glass? This boat is driving me nuts, I have to walk away for awhile. I need some reassurance. What would glassing add? The floor is very sturdy as it is, and I was going to install Nautolex flooring very soon, till I had second thoughts. 2 coats of epoxy have already been applied to both sides, I am using the West System.