[Rhodes22-list] What's under the deck?

[David Bradley]

Hank, might it be the carpet backing?  Mine has deomposed some and
left a layer of grit under the carpet.

Dave

On Sun, Feb 15, 2009 at 2:45 PM, Hank <hnw555 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Jerry,
>
> It has the consistency and weight of sand, but I didn't see any stones or
> lead.
>
> As far as the epoxy, I'm looking for a good source to buy the epoxy in
> larger quantities.  All Home Depot has is small (few ounces) size.  Where
> can I get in Qt or Gallon quantities at a reasonable cost.  Measuring cups I
> can figure out from stuff I have laying around the house.
>
> Hank
>
> On Sun, Feb 15, 2009 at 5:09 PM, <cjlowe at sssnet.com> wrote:
>
>> Hank,
>>
>> Is the brown sutff as heavy as sand? Or could it be decomposing floatation
>> foam?
>> If it's sand ballast it should have small stone and lead with it.
>> On question #2,rather than buy metering pumps or special measuring cups,I
>> just use disposable clear drink cups that I mark with a majic
>> marker.Figure out the size of batch you need-say 100cc of resin and 25cc
>> of hardener,Take one of the wife's measuring cups and fill two glasses
>> with water accordingly,mark the glasses and dump out the water ,dry the
>> glasses and use the real thing.
>>
>>
>> Jerry Lowe
>>
>>  Here is a sailing question for all of you.
>> >
>> > Recently I had to pull up the decking in front of the head due to rotted
>> > boards and I found what appeared like sand underneath.  I suspect it was
>> > not
>> > sand, but could have been concrete used as a ballast.  Does anyone know
>> if
>> > that is correct?  If so, how should I fix/replace it before i put the new
>> > decking down?
>> >
>> > 2nd question, Several folks have commented about using epoxy to
>> waterproof
>> > wood in the boat.  Where is the best/most economical source to buy epoxy
>> > in
>> > these quantities? I know WM sells West Systems, but it might be cheaper
>> to
>> > buy a new boat than get it from them.
>> >
>> > Thanks,
>> >
>> > Hank
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