Insulating the hull questions.

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PlasTex, of course, would be the hard one to bond, but if the composite is not going to get stressed then just sealing might be good enough.

At the boatshow found a guy selling cockpit cushions - www.ccushions.com - that are 1 5/8" thick ensolite coated with what looked like dipped! (or sprayed) vinyl. Ensolite has been around since Noah's Ark, everybody loves it. It works for everybody. Wonder if sun hot vinyl dipped cushions will stick to tender thighs when standing up - and have to be very carefully peeled off?
Bought one small cushion because the coating is odorless, seamless, flawless and intriguing. He said the foam is Armacell. If the coating is really bonded to the rubber then a hole in the cushion isn't important. He offered a painton repair kit. ( 12"X16" cushion was $25 - to judge cost.)
So here we have the foam finished soft. It would have made an excellent coating on the rubber lining inside litlgull.

White (for sitting on) vinyled closed cell foam - somehow velcroed to cockpit seats for instant removal - would add extra safety.
If you could get the cushion to someone in the water, there's probably more flotation and easier grabbing/hugging than a life ring.
Of course you can frisbee a life ring, and a cushion might just get blown away.


Gluing in foam slabs avoided any exposed corners on the A338 hull..... because only one layer of 1/2-5/8" foam fit
INTO the space between the settee tops and the hull stringers. And between the top of the stringers and the
underside of the deck. No ends, no edges. Don't know where you'd want an exposed edge? Unless you're dealing with foam board.

Do we know what Kurt did with his proposed foam bulkheads? Where he may very well have wanted something more dense or semi-rigid to finish off the edges. And if harder vinyl corners you show in your photos are bonded to rigid foam, maybe they'll provide enough tooth for screws to hold wood trim, along with a little of that mavelous 564. Wood could probably be just pasted on - adding a lot of protection and structure.


Looking forward to seeing what's happening inside your boat!


Used PlasticDip to make removable protective covers for padlocks installed key side up outside. No deterioration after three or four years now.
Just to say vinyl is a great coating if you find the right stuff for your app. Soft or hard it may be the appropriate stuff.
PlasticDip, as an amazing wet dipping material that could have a place on the boat. Used mostly for coating tool handles, tenaciously bonds to metal.
The dipping is thick and can be redipped to make it even thicker. The cushion coating seems very thin, but it's similar stuff imco.
Wonder if some form of this liquid pure vinyl comes in a can for roll on?

Here's to grins, laffs, and merriment!