seabob4

[saltfly]

I hadn’t got a answer to my question on my deck. So I was wondering if you knew if the deck on my 1981 222ccp was encapsulated. I have a number of soft spots and am going to replace it. But knowing if there is that second layer of glass under the wood would make the job a lot easier. I would only have to peal off the top layer and remove the wood down to the bottom layer. I could then use the top layer as a template. I had to replace my hatch covers in the deck and used hatch covers a little larger they the originals. So I had to make the opening larger. That's when I saw the bottom layer and thought that the whole deck could be that way.

[seabob4]

Salt,
The way your deck is/was laid up was first the gel went on, then it was chopped, then the resin/chop coated coring went on, then it was chopped again, with the last layer being the underside of your deck.  I would also imagine some 3610 was used in crucial areas to beef up attachment points.

If the underside laminate is good, which it probably will be, you'll be good to go on using the top layer as a template...

[saltfly]

thanks seabob4. I was hoping that was the case. Being able to use the top layer as a template will make it easer. I'm going to cut it out like a friend who was a boat builder use to do. He used a multi master back when he showed me. The real fine cut he made at the gunnel gave him a really good template to work with. Then after replacing the wood with foam. He would just sand the under side of the top layer and bevel the edges on the cut at the gunnel and on the top layer. Then bond the top layer right back in place with a thin layer of glass. Then he would only have that thin cut line to deal with. He told me he liked using the original top layer. he like keeping thngs as original as possible.