balsa

I am in the process of prepping for installing balsa floors, I’m my boat. My question is in regards to filling the voids or grooves or depressions, on the inside of hull, formed by the strakes. I was landing on filling them by glassing in some 1/4 round wood. Picture example below. The wood does...

so i was thinking of going carbon fiber on the floor of my flat but the material alone is very expensive on top of the epoxy resin and everything else. I've decided to look into other avenues I've always loved the look of a clean balsa floor. my situation is this the floors of my kurtis are...

whats it take to put in balsa sheets?? where do you guys buy your balsa? what type of resin do u put over and under the wood sheets ?? so many questions sorry guys

Winter project is coming along

Any Balsa dealers on here? OR know of a place (web-site) or company where i can purchase some? My location is Southeast Michigan. thanks

My jet boat provided many years of great service, but I could tell the boat was not as stiff as she should be. Now was the time to replace the stringers. But, in pulling up the floor, the inner hull laminate felt like the core was rotten, so I cut a hole to see how rotten. Found what looks...

thought i would start up the build now. hopefully we get started this weekend. new stringers / balsa flooring all new glass and all the other goodies. this will be me and my older brothers first time ever doing stringers / fiberglassing. although have been around it seen it done. more pics after...

hey guys whats up! i just have some questions about redoing a shovelnose v-drive floor. im kinda stumped on how it works any advice would be greatly appreciated. so you lay down the veneer or balsa glue it to the floor? and then do you fiberglass over this??? then shoot your? gel? duratech? or...

what is the reason a lot of v - drives use balsa wood in there floors? i never thought balsa was that strong of a wood. or is it for looks? it does make a pretty floor. thanks jerry:)eh:)

Looking for a good place to purchase 1/4" thick balsa sheet with scrim backing, 1" x 1" squares. Thanks

So I just bought a 19' Daytona and it has the balsa wood floors. The problem is the resin or whatever in spots looks bad and I would like to restore it. I know there was at least one thread on this but I cannot find it. If anybody can give me some insight on what direction to go and what I need...

taking the floor out of the boat i find a few bubbles in the bottom. i poked them for inspection and found the balsa inside is almost black and has no integrity left at all. been cutting and sanding it out for a few days now. careful not to cut through the hull to the water side. its quite...

I bought some couple years ago & dont remember where it was from . I want the kind that comes in a roll to use in floor of the boat. Thanks

Does any one out there know any tips or tricks for removing balsa core, quickly, from the tops of the tunnels in a tunnel hull? I think I read some where that some one used a skill saw and set the depth of the blade and cut ant took it up in a full sheet? can this be done?....Hal

I'm going to build some lighter interior panals for the boat. Anyone know where to get balsa wood or some other light weight plywood type material?

Last fall layed a balsa floor in my flatbottom. Just the bottom layer so top was not resin'd. Due to unforeseen events the boat had to come outside for a bit. Well, it sat too long and got some what appers to be mold in the balsa in spots. Looks like some water got thru my boat cover.. Anyone...

I am replacing the stringers in my 18' southwind, the boat originally came with 1/4 stringers and a floor. I am putting 12' stringers in the boat and I want to add balsa to the floors for the appearance and strength. How thick does it need to be?

Any one playing with other core materials in the floor than standard balsa or ply ? Im mostly curious about Kevlar honeycomb or other composites how do they look/effect weight, and so on, but open to check out whatever you have done or have pics and info on thanks .

Dose anyone know if you can buy balsa wood veneer and where I might look? not much luck so far on the net

I need to replace some of the balsa flooring in my '79 Youngblood TX. Were do you buy it from, and can you get it in differant shapes? I see most boats are of a square design and these are triangles. Thanks