Im gonna stop at one layer. I truelly dont see me gain anymore strength out of another layer. The only thing I would see gaining is more impact strength incase of maybe dropping something on the deck. I can not believe how strong that floor is!!!!!! i glued it and put 8 stainless 2 1/2 inch screws per stringer per sheet she is strong as a bull !!!! Im gonna be banding the liner and hull this weekend and prepping for the cap. this weekend was a flop I got nothing done thanks to my brother!!! But what are brothers for?

Oh yea I forgot to tell ya'll that Im gonna be putting a roll in bedliner with uv inhibitors on the top cap and deck. this application will also help alot with not having to fair as much because of the texture of the finish coat.

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well this weekend im gonna be jumping feet first into building the cap. Im gonna be ripping my 1 1/2 inner and outer bands with the table saw and putting a round over router edge on the bottom side of the band so i can rap my glass nicely into the hull. I will then glue and clamp the bands and then after the thickened resin sets up i will drill and counter sink thru-bolts every 12 or so inches. Im gonna fill the counter sunk holes with thickened resin to prep for glass. If i can get my bands on and glassed and ready for cap I will be happy. The weather is gonna be great.:sun:

I ripped some 3/4 today and routered some edges. I set the rail up so I could see what it looked like. Im gonna glue and thru-bolt friday.

Any reason why your not using solid wood on the exterior of the hull? I suspect your going to have issue over time with laminate even if you glass it good.

Kamikaze

I'm an amatuer at this stuff. I don't really see a huge deal with using the ACX. I was told I should use solid I'm glueing it and thru bolting it. What would solid pine do that the ACX won't? All you guys opions count. 2 things talked me into it,its flexible and I already had from my ply on my sole.

Just a back yard amateur here too! After going thru all this effort you have I don't suspect you would want a section of relatively narrow (width) ACX to delaminate/fall off the first time you hit the piling a little to hard? Never mind the water spray its going to receive over time and that will do it for sure.

My concern on the ACX is that it looks like it going to be difficult to properly seal the bottom edge to the hull sufficiently to ensure spray from getting behind the edge and working it's magic.


Kamikaze

what other material do you think I should use in its place? I do promise you one thing,the way I've glued things on this boat so far water doesn't have a chance to get between the rail and the hull! Lol!!!

My plan is to glue the Acx with thickened resin. It will then be wrapped with 2 structual layers of 1708 over the cap and rail with a rubrail to finish it off. My buddy hit a piling on the bridge tunnel one night in his seafox and blew the transom door thru the side of the fish box. My personal opinion is anytime you hit a piling with force you should expect to see glass and core damage if hit hard enough.

that will be a good laminate......complete cold molded boats like jarrett bays are built with marine ply, 1 or 2 layers of biax, and epoxy...just fully encapsolate the wood..