question for steve bakken.

[joshb]

steve, i am wondering what the best way to waterproof a peice of wood for my boat would be?. i was thinking two things.

1. completley submerged it into some deck sealer for a while.

2. coat it thuroughly in some good oil based laquer.

or both?...what do you think?.

thanks, josh b

[Valv]

I am stepping in for Steve, since we probably have same solution.

Answer to question is...none of 3 !!

You will get a better waterproof if you coat it with fiberglass resin, or epoxy resin.

Steve, it's your turn now, you know better.

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[joshb]

so no fiberglass just the resin? - or glass and resin it?. does it matter that it is not going to be going into a glass boat?. what it is actually is a new peice for the transom on my duck boat.

thanks guys!

[Steve Bakken]

Right on the money, Valv.

Josh, no 'glass, just the catylized resin.

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[Benny]

I thought I would use this post for my question so as to not use up to much space.
I have an old Larson "Dinghy Ducker", it is the marsh grass green fiberglass of the old time duckboats.

It has many stress cracks, and it does leak into the cavity between the bottom and the floor.
There are a few areas on the gunwalls, and keel that need to be built up as well.

How should I go about fixing this boat up to look new again?Can the color be matched close enough to the origianal color?

And finialy, would any one with the experties like to tackle the job?

I would pay for the labor and materials of coarse.

Thanks, Benny

[Steve Bakken]

Stress cracks are tricky, because repairability all depends on how severe they are. I would be talking out of my a#* if I was to try to advise without actually seeing them. If we are able to repair it, color match would be no problem.

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[Benny]

If I can get down that way this summer yet, I will tote the little bugger down so you can see it first hand.

I traded a rear rack extender and an older bow for it,but it is worth way more than that.

I contacted Larson and they had one of thier old timers look at the pictures.He sent me some scans of old sales flyers with Larsons duck boats in them.

He said it dated to 1957 or 1958.

Benny

[Steve Bakken]

If you come down, bring those with. That would be cool to see.

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[Steve Bakken]

bump

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