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Re: Other: Sealing Plywood?
By:Bill Hamm
Date: 7/6/2008, 1:54 am
In Response To: Other: Sealing Plywood? (Michael Collins)

: I've cut out two of the five plywood cross sections for my interpretation of
: Brian Schulz's F1 with Tom Yost's construction technique and will have the
: rest finished by the end of the night. In a total lapse of judgment, I
: ended up buying Birch "cabinet grade" plywood rather than
: exterior grade. (It was too hard to resist the beautiful veneer at a much
: lower price!)

: My logic at the time went something like "I'll slather on some epoxy to
: seal it, and get a the beauty and thickness of this wood for cheap."
: I'm wondering how exactly I should go about sealing it though. Epoxy would
: probably be ideal, but it's expensive and I can easily imagine the low
: density end grain drinking up a few coats. Is there something which would
: work as well but is a lot cheaper? I don't really have any experience with
: wood finishes. I'm thinking maybe a small can of that clear hard wood
: finish could suffice? It might be called "polycrylic" or
: something. Is there a hardware store chemical which would seal as well as
: epoxy? If it comes down to it, I'll take superior protection over price,
: but if they basically perform the same, I'll save those pennies.

: Thanks,

: Mike Collins

Oh yeah, btw, most plywood now days is all glued up with the same resins so it likely won't delaminate. You can try a boil test if you worry about it, take a scrap of ply and boil on the stove for 15 minutes. If it doesn't delaminate it likely won't ever with the use your're using it for.

Bill H.

Messages In This Thread

Other: Sealing Plywood?
Michael Collins -- 7/5/2008, 7:57 pm
Re: Other: Sealing Plywood?
Etienne Muller -- 7/6/2008, 1:15 pm
Re: Other: Sealing Plywood?
HenkA -- 7/6/2008, 2:13 am
Re: Other: Sealing Plywood?
Bill Hamm -- 7/6/2008, 1:54 am
Re: Other: Sealing Plywood?
Bill Hamm -- 7/6/2008, 1:52 am
Re: Other: Sealing Plywood?
Michael Collins -- 7/6/2008, 11:20 am
Is the water is warm and shallow where you paddle?
Dave Gentry -- 7/5/2008, 9:00 pm
Marine Polyurethane Enamel
Michael Collins -- 7/6/2008, 12:42 am
Re: Is the water is warm and shallow where you pad
Michael Collins -- 7/5/2008, 10:05 pm
Re: Is the water is warm and shallow where you pad
Carl Delo -- 7/5/2008, 11:44 pm
Re: Is the water is warm and shallow where you pad
Michael Collins -- 7/6/2008, 12:26 am
Re: Other: Sealing Plywood?
Peter Sebbage -- 7/5/2008, 8:52 pm
Re: Other: Sealing Plywood?
Michael Collins -- 7/5/2008, 10:09 pm