Square Meter: Non skid deck

The original canvas deck was rotted but still intact when we started the reconstruction of this boat.  The decision was made to move to dynel set in epoxy.  It has the same fabric type texture but creates a watertight and structural skin that painted canvas can't match.

A toe rail will be added over the seam. You can see the texture in this closeup.

As you saturate the dynel with epoxy, it continues to absorb it for a while and swells a bit.  This brings the texture back to the surface and provides the non skid attribute.
Here are some photos:

After the epoxy firms up but before it is hard, it is easy to trim the cloth with a razor.

The next sup deck

We are working on a new kit board that will be on display/for sale at the St. Louis Boat show.
The hull and glass decks are ready to be bonded and we did the strip deck glue up last night.
Here is a photo of the glue up.  The shop is full of glass projects so we did this one next to the furnace in the basement.  It's cold out.

The wood is walnut, cedar and bass wood.

First deck castings out of the molds

We mixed the barrel of resin with a drill paddle.  Next we located some possible barrel pumps on Grainger.com.  If anyone can suggest a good hand pump for this application, please tell us.
Grainger is closed on the weekend so we were able to extract some resin with a hose.  This enabled us to cast the two deck parts.
Today we will trim the parts and prep for glassing them to the hull.

The stripped molds, ready to go again.