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Posted by Snowmobile [Email] (#686) [Profile/Gallery] (more from Snowmobile) on Thu, 19 Feb 2015 06:46:47 Share Post by Email
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Probably a few of us could write a book on this subject! Everyone should periodically check the condition of their floors. I think I caught this just in time, but wish I had caught it sooner! The floor is now essentially a boat hull, but it was a fair bit of work.

Before:







Some of that didn't look too bad until I scraped off the bitumous layer. Rust is depressing!

After:



All the loose rust was broken loose, ground/wire brushed, cleaned, and finally painted in POR. Fiberglass cloth was applied to all areas needing reinforcement while the POR was wet, so it could set into the POR (this is a technique they recommend)... then everything was glassed again over top. I intentionally left the fiberglass over the holes (ie not over metal) unsoaked with POR so I could apply glass to the bottom also and soak fiberglass resin through the whole assembly to bond top to bottom and make it stronger.

So far it seems to have held up well. I tossed the foam + sound insulation pads because they were completely soaked with water and would not dry. Any water that gets in is trapped between the metal of the floor and the rubber, and the sponge layer between them soaks up water like... well, a sponge! Anyone who builds houses knows what happens when you apply 2 vapour barriers... moisture accumulates and does bad things! Brake fluid even more so!

good luck! I hope it's just an exhaust leak and your floors are intact!


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