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

[Herb Parsons]

In spite of the costs, I'm a big fan of the pumps for the West Systems. 
They take care of all of the measuring for me.


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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