Epoxy, please read

[ryansemail707]

My friend and I are just about finishing our first homemade boat. It is a 10' flat bottom sailboat (constructed mainly of non-marine plywood). We might waterproof it with some epoxy. Is there a certain type of epoxy you suggest to use?

[KnottyBuoyz]

Cheap! *wink*

Go read this thread.

http://www.boatdesign.net/forums/sho...114#post153114

If it were me and I didn't care about color etc. I'd go with Interprotect 2000E

[Roly]

Interprotect is 50% solvent (approx.) not what I would call cheap.
Any name brand neat epoxy,West,system3 etc.,paint inside and out
scrub off if blushing, abraid and paint over with good house paint to protect from UV.( Or just paint with a good house paint and keep it out of weather & flag the epoxy)
This guy is GOOD! Read up.
http://www.epoxyproducts.com/marine.html
Might pay to tape the seams if you haven't already.

[PsiPhi]

I just read something on another thread here that basically says if you're using cheap (non-marine) ply you might be better off painting it.

Read the discussions on the threads called
Newbie here with newbie question. Marine plywood or plywood?
and
Cheap!!
They both have some useful comments

[the1much]

whenever i replace flooring in them tiny bass boats lol i use plain ole plywood and then paint on 2 layers of poly resin, works and lasts longer then that marine plywood