New transom wood - how to hold in place

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abl111-

Your fiberglass buddy is right. Most of the pros do use polyester resin (unless the boat is made out of vineylester resin- you basically need to match the hatch, so to speak) and two layers of 3/4 inch marine ply. I would steer away from the AC plywood.

As far as epoxy is concerned, I am not so sure it its lack of use amongs the pros has to do with price.....I think it might have to do with the cure time, mixing ratio sensitivity and the fact that most boats are made out of polyester resin.

Don't get me wrong, I think epoxy is a great product especially for guys like us. I just used some penetrating epoxy to seal up some exposed wood around some thru-hulls in my transom.

Good luck