alum frame vs. styrofoam?
after talking with a dealer we have learned most new manufacturers are switching to a cheaper much less durable construction, not a metal frame but rather a Styrofoam like product, in walls floor AND ...
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Foam coring in boats is almost as old as the Flintstones,never been styrofoam though,it melts in contact with any kind of two part resin.
not uncommon of a salesman to get it wrong,he meant (I am guessing now) one of the multitudes of structural foams used in fibreglass 'cored' boats ,very light and very very strong.
Not cheap and easy to mess-up (no voids permitted) done right long lasting strong product.
Done wrong?
google 'de lam ' on any marine forum.
not uncommon of a salesman to get it wrong,he meant (I am guessing now) one of the multitudes of structural foams used in fibreglass 'cored' boats ,very light and very very strong.
Not cheap and easy to mess-up (no voids permitted) done right long lasting strong product.
Done wrong?
google 'de lam ' on any marine forum.
