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| I am in the middle of rebuilding almost everything in my 1985 tuffy rampage. The plywood was completely rotten on the floor and side compartments, all the was left was the fiberglass and decomposed wood that looked like dirt. I saw on a different topic that refiberglassing over treated plywood will not work. Just wondering what the alternative would be? Also thinking of putting something like a spray on truck bed liner, has anyone heard of doing something like that? Any advice will be great. thank you |
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Location: Rhinelander, Wisconsin | You will need to use regular plywood and coat it completely with resin. No waterproofer, because the resin will not adhere to treated wood. All the seams need to be covered with 3 ounce mat rolled tight into the joint. Best to use a double layer on all seams. Make sure the end grain is sealed ANYWHERE a hole is cut or drilled, use silicone sealant.
If you want to use bedliner, use it over a resin coated surface instead of carpet. It won't seal the wood well enough long term to rely on as a primary waterproofer. |
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| Steve,
As long as he has the floor off, is there a way to check the stringers on that boat? Glass encased wood should be ok, but if the glass was compromised, and leaked? Anyway to repair this with newer material? |
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| I replaced sections of 2 stringers on my Esox Magnum last year and yea, as long as the floor is out, I would look at those stringers real close. When I cut the floor out of my boat, the stringers looked OK. But then I started poking them with an ice pick and realized how soft they actually were. It was a no brainer, they were saturated and had to come out.
If your stringer need to be replaced in the Rampage, make sure you totally encapsulated them in fiberglass and resin prior to installing.
If I get some time and can figure out how to download pictures here, I'll show you what was done.
It's a time consuming job, but it's doable.
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| The stringers are solid, no defects in them at all. The only rotten stuff was on the floor and decking. The hull, stringers and transom are still in tack, thank god. My boat is completely gutted now, and am starting to rebuild tomorrow, so any other advice would be great. P.S. I caught my first musky of the year yesterday and it was a tiger...What a rush even though it was small. |
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| Bryce, take pics of your progress. It's always fun to see how guys do things.
Also, do a search for previous projects. Sputtebug did one a few years ago, and Lambeau did some awesome work rebuilding his Tuffy. That was a few years ago, too.
Edited by Shep 3/27/2007 1:50 PM
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Location: Grafton, WI | Here's my thread from a few years ago when I refurbed my Tuffy.....
http://muskie.outdoorsfirst.com/board/forums/thread-view.asp?tid=15...
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