Re: deck repair question
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I cant say for sure how far back the end cut balsa will go back it seems to just follow the 4 x 4 squares so if they needed to add one more block they did. As for the epoxy filler I did that for two reasons first to connect the bottom of the deck lamination to the top inner liner and to prevent any water seepage from contaminating the deck by coming in that way. I just dug out approx ½ “ of balsa behind where the top layer of glass was cut out and used a putty knife and filled it in with a thick (peanut butter thick) layer of epoxy filler. As for the thickness of the deck plywood and balsa most guys said on the Potter’s it is ½” but I measured several of them and it always showed just a tad less than ½ but bigger that 3/8” remember I built up the bottom layer of lamination with extra glass and did not use the old skin that’s why I said maybe I would use 3/8 if I ever did it again. You want the deck to remain at the same height when you are done so it will match the two lips you created when you cut out the deck portion.
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