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Re: Other: warped deck or hull
By:Barry Shelton
Date: 12/1/2004, 10:00 pm
In Response To: Other: warped deck or hull (john walker)

: I foolishly glassed the outside of of my deck then left it sit for couple
: weeks before glassing the inside. Now I have a warped deck that I can't
: get to fit on the full. I did not realize that it had warped until after I
: had glassed the inside. I have tried to strech it out but it just pops
: back. Does anybody have any idea what to do?

Hi John,

I am sure others more knowledgeable than I will respond. But, my first thought was applying heat to soften the epoxy and relax your deck. I would cut some sheer span strips and hot melt them to the deck underside first to get it to the proper shape, then apply heat. The post above describes this method to remove epoxy and glass.

Barry

Messages In This Thread

Other: warped deck or hull
john walker -- 12/1/2004, 5:18 pm
Re: Other: warped deck or hull
Rob Macks -- 12/2/2004, 7:10 pm
Re: Other: warped deck or hull
Robert N Pruden -- 12/2/2004, 8:23 pm
Re: Other: warped deck or hull
john walker -- 12/3/2004, 11:41 am
heat the clamp a little if you are worried
Robert N Pruden -- 12/3/2004, 4:30 pm
Re: Other: warped deck or hull *LINK*
john walker -- 12/2/2004, 12:31 pm
Re: Other: BUT.., be careful.. *Pic*
Tom Bastiansen -- 12/3/2004, 10:29 am
Re: Other: BUT.., be careful..
john walker -- 12/3/2004, 12:17 pm
That's a good method. *Pic*
Jesper Bach -- 12/3/2004, 4:41 am
Is it a strip or S&G deck? *LINK*
Robert N Pruden -- 12/2/2004, 10:06 am
Re: Other: warped deck or hull
Ken Blanton -- 12/2/2004, 5:46 am
Re: Other: warped deck or hull *Pic*
Jesper Bach -- 12/2/2004, 1:47 am
Re: Other: warped deck or hull
Barry Shelton -- 12/1/2004, 10:00 pm