Balsa Boat Floor

Coated with a thin resin film to enhance bond with epoxy ve and polyester resin systems.

Balsa boat floor.

Coated contourable endgrain balsa wood. The balsa is plantation grown and kiln dried and processed in an end grain configuration. The boys at js prop marine replace the floor vinyl and carpet in a lund boat. Typical applications include hull and deck core replacement construction of small parts and inexpensive straight core replacement.

It s taken balsa a long time to live down this beginning but modern balsa is now a widely accepted coring material in boats. Bayliner 3m larson boats baltek and misty harbor are just a few of the name brand boat dash blanks and panels we carry. Standard core for many oem boatbuilders. Balsa core probalsa contoured probalsa plus is a coated contourable endgrain balsa wood for use in marine and boatbuilding applications.

Coated with a thin resin film to enhance bond with epoxy ve and polyester resin systems. When first used as a hull stiffener boat builders laid long planks of balsa into the hulls but this method led to rot and structural failure when water wicked through the entire plank. Marquis yachts 54 w platform plasdeck 5 piece synthetic boat decking flooring kit custom 1 pd k2 8404632 gls stock. The properties of end grain balsa make it ideal as a core for sandwich construction.

Duflex balsa panels are available with standard 155 kg m 3 or select grade 100 kg m 3 end grain balsa cores. Have your repairs done at js prop marine or pick up your do it yourself su.