Topic: Crackle in decks?
Mine basically sounded out as one big void..... After pulling the deck apart from the inside (gettin the old plywood out) I'd say that maybe 80% of the surface area of the foredeck wasn't bonded to the upper skin. The edges were bonded, but in the centre it was not and never was bonded. Not enough resin? Probably not. I'd say that the decking was installed after upper skin cured. Probably even after they popped the deck from the mold they put the plywood in, and then covered with 1 layer of chopped strand. So, if you're trying to bond a flat peice of plywood to the forward deck which is sagging in the middle a bit (don't forget, the deck is still inverted at this point), then she aint gonna stick. Anyways, the wood is now all out from the chainplates forward, and I'll replace it with smaller sections and stagger them like a hardwood floor (so to have no continuous gap running fore and aft... stiffer...)