Can you pull up the wood floor in a Hunter 26

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Jul 17, 2007
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Hunter 26 Milford Lake , Milford KS
We had some guests this week on our boat and had a major port-a potti malfunction. leakage onto the floor and underneath it. How hard is it to pull the floor. Would like to dry the underside and maybe refinish the floor while I have it out. Thanks, Mike
 
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toomas

Watch out for the "lip"

Yes, you could get it off if your'e careful, especially on the starboard side, where ther's a little "lip" of wood. Mine cracked there because I was a bit impatient. Just use some tool to get you under the 7-8mm thick board and then carefully separate it from the plastic floor underneath. toomas
 
Jun 2, 2004
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Catalina 30TR Polk City, Iowa
Not that hard

I did it a couple of years ago. Use a razor knife to cut the brown calk. Angle inwood a little away from the fiberglass. Use a wide chisel to start prying the sole up at the corner of the bigger section. Work very slowly to give the calk time to stretch and release. Once you have a corner lifted high enough to get a pry bar in, start using that to slowly lift the sole from underneath. Work slowly toward the small section by the aft birth entry because that is the place that is most apt to snap. A regular razor scraper will remove all the calk you need from the underneath of the floor and the fiberglass. To get the brown calk from the fiberglass, I drew the razor knife back over the remaining calk. Not toward it as if you were to cut. That solvent mentioned in the previous post sounds like a good final cleanup, but I used a nylon scrubber and a little elbow grease. I put the floor back with a silicon calk because that is what it looked like it has been put down with. I suspect that you don't want anything as permanent as 5200 or there might be a chance that you could never get it up again without breaking it. The colored calks for the edge are available from WM. Follow the instructions and use masking tape as recommended. All that said, the seal on my floor was very tight. Are you sure the spill got underneath the floor???
 
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Pat

DeBond 2000

I can confirm what George has already mentioned. The DeBond product works very well. You need to score or cut the caulk first, then spray the product on and let it "work in" a bit (@ 5mns)after which it will peel off rather easily. This product actually breaks down the molecular structure of the 5200 which allows it to be removed. Just clean the area with water to stop the process. It will affect certain plastics such as Lexan by clouding it so you need to be careful what is near the area you are working on. Good luck on your project and please take and post lots of clear pictures for the rest of us to learn from. Fair winds, Pat
 
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