Best Source For MDO Plywood ?
10-16-2018, 05:10 AM
#11
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They're not cheap either but none of them are. They charge to crate the plywood and then it ships via freight which aint cheap either.
For your project, Id go to Lowes and buy a sheet of exterior and put your boat back together. Hardly anyone (including shops/builders) uses true marine ply for floors.
There are different grades too. In a floor, if it is true marine, it will be fir (pine) and not okume (mahogany) like the high dollar stuff. Will also be fewer plys (weaker) also.
1/4" exterior is 3 ply where okume is 5 ply.
I have a boat repair business and I never use thicker than 1/2" on floors. Lighter the better.
If you're splicing/matching existing which is 5/8" then have at it.
99.9% of bad floors fail due to poor installation or someone moving/installing seats w/o sealing the holes. Wet carpet is also a floor killer.
Probably 75% of the bad floors I remove, are bare on the bottom side. As in the side covering the bilge water!
$30. at Lowes, fit it to the boat, flip it upside down, thin some resin 10% and saturate that side. Permanently Install it, fill the gaps w/putty (cabosil/resin/micro fiber), laminate it w/a layer of 2 oz mat and call it a day.
10-16-2018, 08:04 AM
#12
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I get MDO at Menards by my house....i know i can order larger and thicker stuff then what they carry in stock too...
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10-16-2018, 03:03 PM
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Just spent $571. to get two sheets of 3/4" and one sheet of 1/2" to my shop.
$105 per 1/2" and $150 per 3/4".
$60 to crate it, $100 to get it here.
Is the gorgeous Okume though.
For a customers '1967 17 Whaler that I'm restoring.
Told him I'm a sick of sanding and painting, let me play w/some wood for a while.
He'll have a jewel when done.
$105 per 1/2" and $150 per 3/4".
$60 to crate it, $100 to get it here.
Is the gorgeous Okume though.
For a customers '1967 17 Whaler that I'm restoring.
Told him I'm a sick of sanding and painting, let me play w/some wood for a while.
He'll have a jewel when done.
Last edited by Twin O/B Sonic; 10-16-2018 at 04:10 PM.
10-15-2020, 11:37 PM
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Progress. Just have two small pieces to build and glass in yet. Going to strip the paint from the fuel tanks and polish then the blown 509's going in.
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