What is best way to fix ?
I have considered just grinding down and filling with marine epoxy.
It seems that the rail design lets water sit in the groove. Maybe grinding down small channels in the rub rail would help drain the water ?
Thanks -
Joe
1984 Hunter 25.5 HELP !! Delaminating deck by rub rail
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What is best way to fix ?
I have considered just grinding down and filling with marine epoxy.
It seems that the rail design lets water sit in the groove. Maybe grinding down small channels in the rub rail would help drain the water ?
Thanks -
Joe
I think I would investigate whether water had infiltrated the wood core by drilling an array of holes further inboard. If you find now water, you could trim the deck back to a point where it is solid, and then refiberglass the area. If there is infiltration, you may need to remove the side decks and recore.
If this is just cosmetic, that is if the core is dry, then use gelcoat not epoxy to repair it. Epoxy degrades rather quickly when exposed to UV light. Which ever direction the repair goes, cosmetic or structural, the substrate should be bone dry or the gelcoat won't adhere well and will lift off due to the water trapped beneath it.
Ditto dlochner. Remove rubrail base first. Clean fiberglass be sanding using fine grit vs. course and apply gel cost
I think he may have to remove the toerail. The problem is on deck. I have seen this problem with several Hunters. The delamination did seem extensive in each case. I could not tell how deep the water infiltrated, but there was clearly water infiltrating. Perhaps it is from freezing? I would think gel cote could work if it is just gel cote that delaminated. In either case, I expect he would not just leave exposed frp.