Post by atouchofglass on Mar 22, 2008 9:37:49 GMT 10
Just a thought
Anyone out there with a slight problem of dry rot in their flooring?
The floor in my Olympic had started to rot at the door entrance so.... I thought of using some "top of the range" expensive treatment that penentrated the wood and made it into a sort of resin/epoxy filled timber.
Problem being.... little cash ... ...
"We don't have the money so now we have to think"
Having a fiberglass van means using resin a syrupy thick liquid.....
by thinning it with acetone and adding at least 5% catalyst I got a thinner penetrating liquid that went off in about two hours.
My recommendations are as follows
Try a small amount on a spare piece of ply first
Then when satisfied it works use it on the offending floor area.
* Pick a warm day
* Thin by no more than 40% acetone
* Make sure the catalyst is sending the resin off ... often a colour change shows you this is happening.
The resin I was using was blue and went a straw/yellow colour
* Leave it over night to give it time to set.
The temperature and humidity in your area will affect the reaction so try some on a test piece before applying anything to your van.
I now have a solid floor and will be using it on other areas that have had some minor water damage over the 40 odd years of the vans life.
Made in the shade.. ;D ;D
Atog
Anyone out there with a slight problem of dry rot in their flooring?
The floor in my Olympic had started to rot at the door entrance so.... I thought of using some "top of the range" expensive treatment that penentrated the wood and made it into a sort of resin/epoxy filled timber.
Problem being.... little cash ... ...
"We don't have the money so now we have to think"
Having a fiberglass van means using resin a syrupy thick liquid.....
by thinning it with acetone and adding at least 5% catalyst I got a thinner penetrating liquid that went off in about two hours.
My recommendations are as follows
Try a small amount on a spare piece of ply first
Then when satisfied it works use it on the offending floor area.
* Pick a warm day
* Thin by no more than 40% acetone
* Make sure the catalyst is sending the resin off ... often a colour change shows you this is happening.
The resin I was using was blue and went a straw/yellow colour
* Leave it over night to give it time to set.
The temperature and humidity in your area will affect the reaction so try some on a test piece before applying anything to your van.
I now have a solid floor and will be using it on other areas that have had some minor water damage over the 40 odd years of the vans life.
Made in the shade.. ;D ;DAtog
