is 'treated' wood okay with epoxy?
Posted: Tue Dec 31, 2013 5:54 pm
for inner and outer gunnels I am considering getting some pine 3/16 x 1.5 x 8 lattice strips to laminate usng epoxy resin, but they are described as 'treated' and I wonder will the treating chemicals interfere with epoxy absoprtion and gluing?
Also don't know would these strips withstand the bends needed for JEM Trapper 15-38.
to facilitate bending, I would first attach the 3/16 thickness with epoxy and then laminate on another layer of the same. I would not put one butt joint exactly over another, kind of stagger them. (can't find any 16 foot available)
(somehwere in the printed matter that came with the plans Matt gives his recommendation for minimum gunnel size, I need to look it up, but if I recall correctly 3/16 inner plus 3/16 outer would be too skinny, reason I would double that by lamination.)
Thanks.
Also don't know would these strips withstand the bends needed for JEM Trapper 15-38.
to facilitate bending, I would first attach the 3/16 thickness with epoxy and then laminate on another layer of the same. I would not put one butt joint exactly over another, kind of stagger them. (can't find any 16 foot available)
(somehwere in the printed matter that came with the plans Matt gives his recommendation for minimum gunnel size, I need to look it up, but if I recall correctly 3/16 inner plus 3/16 outer would be too skinny, reason I would double that by lamination.)
Thanks.