How To Repair A Plywood Boat Floor

If you have an old boat there s a good chance some of its pieces parts were built with plywood.

How to repair a plywood boat floor.

The most common material used for boat flooring is bc plywood and it is also used for fiberglass boats in particular. No need for expensive equipment or cutting our the w. If damage to the plywood is not so extensive that it requires complete replacement the damaged areas can be repaired. It can become scratched cut gouged dented blistered separated or rotted.

Photo d is a piece of plywood from the floor of a boat wreck. And there s also a good chance some of that plywood has rotted away. In this clip we look at an easy way to re laminate de laminated marine ply on an old wooden gp14 dinghy. Start removing the old damaged material using an electric saw to cut it.

What was the quickest least expensive way to fix the problem. Step 1 remove the damaged flooring. If the stringers and bulkheads are rotten get them replaced with fiberglass ones. This was located underneath a faux teak floor meaning that it is most likely the original plywood used to build the floor of the boat.