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krustydog
Oct 06, 2016Explorer
Weather has been beyond great. Main section cut to length. Just have to clean off old caulking tomorrow and make sure all of the previous rivet ends are out. Riveting supplies will be here tomorrow thankfully. By Sat hope the clecos are all installed.

c11motorhome: today's plywood I have to believe is superior given the science we have moved forward with. I plan to use 2 x 3/4" fir plywood glued and screwed.
I was planning to epoxy coat my plywood before installation but I struggled with sealing it in a coating. If/when moisture gets under the coating, it would rot real fast with no way to breathe. This is the current view on boat building forums. So I will end up using exterior poly on the areas that come close to the exterior leaving plenty of exposed wood on the interior allowing any moisture to slowly evap as capable.
Plan to go with 4 corner jacks as well incase anyone has a single they want to get rid of in the NE as mine came with 3.

c11motorhome: today's plywood I have to believe is superior given the science we have moved forward with. I plan to use 2 x 3/4" fir plywood glued and screwed.
I was planning to epoxy coat my plywood before installation but I struggled with sealing it in a coating. If/when moisture gets under the coating, it would rot real fast with no way to breathe. This is the current view on boat building forums. So I will end up using exterior poly on the areas that come close to the exterior leaving plenty of exposed wood on the interior allowing any moisture to slowly evap as capable.
Plan to go with 4 corner jacks as well incase anyone has a single they want to get rid of in the NE as mine came with 3.
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