Balsa Boat Floor

Standard core for many oem boatbuilders.

Balsa boat floor. Balsa core end grain balsa a highly processed ultra light wood product imparts impressive strength and stiffness to the sandwich panel. The end grain configuration of balsa provides high resistance to crushing and is very difficult to tear apart. When first used as a hull stiffener boat builders laid long planks of balsa into the hulls but this method led to rot and structural failure when water wicked through the entire plank. Coated with a thin resin film to enhance bond with epoxy ve and polyester resin systems.

Coated with a thin resin film to enhance bond with epoxy ve and polyester resin systems. The balsa is plantation grown and kiln dried and processed in an end grain configuration. The boys at js prop marine replace the floor vinyl and carpet in a lund boat. Coated contourable endgrain balsa wood.

Typical applications include hull and deck core replacement construction of small parts and inexpensive straight core replacement. It s taken balsa a long time to live down this beginning but modern balsa is now a widely accepted coring material in boats. The properties of end grain balsa make it ideal as a core for sandwich construction. Balsa core probalsa contoured probalsa plus is a coated contourable endgrain balsa wood for use in marine and boatbuilding applications.

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