Thread: Hard Top Plans
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Old 04-05-2012, 08:03 PM
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Originally Posted by Islandtrader
This is wear I tend to differ with Gilly...I do agree it is a class and they are teaching techniques. However when I got my 21 the deck was shot...the balsa core was soaked and rotten. Everyone says it will work as good as...blah blah blah. As long as it is sealed. What everyone forgets is that once some one drills that first hole and does not over drill and epoxy, you start down a long slippery path.

Plascore is not that much more than balsa. Do once and do it right.

Sorry Gilly"


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Originally Posted by pelican View Post
can't agree more...especially on a hard top - holes are gonna be drilled - balsa quickly turns to sawdust,when it gets wet...
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