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Re: Material: Is marine plywood necessary?
By:ancient kayaker
Date: 1/10/2011, 7:06 pm
In Response To: Material: Is marine plywood necessary? (Tyler Dunn)

: I'm confused with conflicting information that I've found regarding
: the plywood necessary for a S&G kayak. I would like to build
: a small kayak for my 8 yr old son. I've most often seen
: references to buying BS1088 marine plywood, but I've also seen
: several references to using other plywood since the hull will be
: completely encased in epoxied fiberglass. I'm not concerned
: about a little more weight in the material because the boat will
: not be large. Is the real benefit of the BS1088 the solid core,
: or is there another reason why marine grade is necessary? I
: would prefer to have more grain and color options (and save
: money) if I can use a plywood other than marine grade.

: Thanks for your guidance and opinions.

: Tyler

: bzmuwz

My early trial efforts were built with door skin ply. The first 2 sheets I bought were great, attractive face veneers, took paint well, no apparent voids etc. After that the quality went downhill rapidly; the store took to keeping it in a dark location so I couldn't sort through to find a decent sheet. The last one had face veneer that fell off in shreds on one side and when I did my standard void test, by spraying water on it, the other face swelled up like it had a disease. I took the hint and stayed with marine ply after that ...

Messages In This Thread

Material: Is marine plywood necessary?
Tyler Dunn -- 1/9/2011, 8:18 pm
Re: Material: Is marine plywood necessary?
Dave Gentry -- 1/9/2011, 8:25 pm
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Niven Paine -- 1/10/2011, 4:00 am
Re: Material:BS1088 Means Certain Things.
Charlie -- 1/11/2011, 11:27 am
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Eric -- 1/10/2011, 10:56 am
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Bill Hamm -- 1/10/2011, 12:29 pm
Have to agree
Kudzu / Jeff Horton -- 1/10/2011, 3:06 pm
Re: Material: Is marine plywood necessary?
Dave Houser -- 1/10/2011, 3:35 pm
Re: Material: Is marine plywood necessary?
ancient kayaker -- 1/10/2011, 7:06 pm
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Paul G. Jacobson -- 1/11/2011, 8:58 am
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Charlie -- 1/11/2011, 1:00 pm
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Mike Savage -- 1/11/2011, 7:47 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 1/12/2011, 1:00 am
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ancient kayaker -- 1/12/2011, 1:34 am
Re: Material: Is marine plywood necessary?
Bill Hamm -- 1/12/2011, 2:47 am
Re: Material: Is marine plywood necessary?
Paul G. Jacobson -- 1/12/2011, 3:06 am
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Niven Paine -- 1/11/2011, 3:24 pm
Re: Material: Is marine plywood necessary?
Tyler Dunn -- 1/15/2011, 2:31 pm
Save time on your Sea Fleas
Paul G. Jacobson -- 1/15/2011, 3:39 pm
Re: Material: Is marine plywood necessary?
ancient kayaker -- 1/15/2011, 4:24 pm
Re: Material: Is marine plywood necessary?
Bill -- 1/14/2011, 5:36 pm
Re: Material: Is marine plywood necessary?
Bill Hamm -- 1/14/2011, 7:27 pm