Allergic to West System vapors?

[ocuyler]

ltdan,

Good question. I left about 1/4" gap all around. Yes, that's the way it was. It made sense at the time. I wrapped cloth around the edges to be sure they were sealed and "tucked-in" the last 2 layers of cloth and leveled it out with epoxy.

I didn't have immediate access to alternative materials and didn't have time to do the homework, track it down and get it here. Plus it had to be a 4' x 8' sheet and a pain to do anything but go put in the truck and bring it home.

Next time, I will take the time to get the right material in there and measure for the tightest fit and height (depth) profile to minimize the use of epoxy. For that matter, for $200 more, I could have replaced the whole piece with 3/4" King Starboard in there with enough left over to redo the dashboard.

Because there is no access from below, I also needed something I could screw into (battery boxes, oil res, etc.) Now that I really appreciate how strong the 2 part epoxy is, you can get almost anything to stick.

Water incursion and strength were my primary considerations.

At the end of the day, I think Mr. Potter would say "That'll do".

Otto