Darn Delam

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Mac32
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Darn Delam

Post by Mac32 »

Ok I had good news today, but now I dont know what to do with it.

I started my front deck Re-Core project and was sure I would find mush but what I found when I drilled a few exploratory holes from inside was pure white dry balsa core. :D

Unfortunatly the deck crackles when I walk on it and where I removed the hatches I can see the top layer is delaminated in most areas especially around the hatches. (this may have been a water issue but there is no rot visible and the core is completly dry from sitting 6 years in heated storage) I am also thinking since the stringers were shot it flexed the foredeck enough to create delamination problems, who knows but its there.

So what I am thinking of doing is drilling from the hatch openings using a 20" long x 3/16 drill just under the top skin and injecting west system using a caulking gun attachment to re bond.

The other option is the bazillion holes approach, but I want to avoid for cosmetic purposes so I want to do somthing from the inside......

Maybe some kinda high pressure squirter attachment to get inbetween the layers
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Post by Dreamer »

I had excellent success with Injecting the west system using a syringe. I had issues with delamination from the anchor mounts being loose. I squeeze it through the mounting holes. Hard as a rock now, and no crackels when you walk.
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