So much for keeping the canvas...

[CharlieCobra]

Oh Joy has apparently had the canvas removed in certain areas and glass applied over the ply decking. I was gonna keep the canvas but in order to keep her uniform, I guess I won't. The glass is reddish in color with no cloth in it and is about 1/4" thick. Any particular recommendations on glass to use?

[CharlieCobra]

No suggestions then?

[StevenBauer]

The glass is the cloth. Do you mean there is just some resin on the deck?


Steven

[BETTY-B]

Sounds like epoxy with MAS phenolic micro balloons or some other reddish filler. BETTYs canvas has areas done in a similar evil fashion. With the rain coming down now and it still dry here in the pilothouse, it'll stay that way for at least one more winter.

Can we all see some pics please?

DAN

[CharlieCobra]

It might be epoxy, it seems softer than glass and my carbide scraper actually took some off the top when I was removing the paint after a heat gun pass. I'll snap some pics this weekend and post them up.

[TimH]

Belt sander and 20 grit paper.

[redbopeep]

Can you re-canvas after removal of the evil gook? Dunno your covering board/interface issues but I'm loving the canvas deck we just did and would think yours would be great, too.

[CharlieCobra]

The marine ply underneath appears dry and stain free. I was tempted to spread some CPES over it for additional protection where I removed the canvas. I was gonna coat the topsides with non skid paint as it had before because I sail Oh Joy pretty hard and like staying aboard in the slop. The reason I'm stripping it all is because it had cracked all the way through in places so I wanted a good substrate to work with.

[Cuyahoga Chuck]

There is some fairing compound called "Quickfair" which I think is reddish.

[georgel]

Possibly polyester body compound???It scrapes readily and softens with heat. Try an acetic acid based stripper and see what it does.

[CharlieCobra]

I'll probably grind it back and make sure I've got good stuff down. Bondo is porous and soaks water like a sponge so I damned sure don't want that under my deck paint.

[RFNK]

If it's epoxy resin, try really hard to get it off with a good sharp scraper and heat gun. A wide chisel works well if you're careful. Epoxy is quite easy to remove with careful heat but you've got to heat it right in front of the scraper so you get it off before it goes hard again. If it's polyester resin, you'll have to grind it. Personally, I really hate grinding any resins, especially if there is glass fibre in it! Sometimes it's easier to rip the sheet of ply off and start again!