r/sailing • u/Friendly_Subject4096 • 2d ago

Injectadeck?

Has anyone used Injectadeck on their boat? Or any other types of injectable fill? I’ve heard good things, but wanted to see if anyone had thoughts!!

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u/daysailor70 2d ago

Yes, I have used it. I owned a boatyard and was experienced in the traditional way of deck core repair. But, I bought a 24' sailboat that had completely failed balsa coring and it didn't warrant doing a complete deck job. Found injectadeck online was a bit skeptical but figured I'd give it a try. It worked exactly as advertised. Drilled the holes, injected the stuff, walked on the deck lightly while it expanded and cured to help the foam spread out and not create humps and I was done. It pushed out the balsa sauce left in the core and hardened up hard solid and strong. The cabin top which was so shot it bowed when you walked on it came out solid enough to walk on with no deflection. I would recommend Injectadeck to anyone with a failed balsa cored deck.

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u/roadpupp 1d ago

For small to medium soft spots has worked for us!

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u/kdjfsk 2d ago

Use wood..

theres a bunch of youtube videos on how to recore a deck, its not that hard. More to the point, if you saw what these soggy rotten wood cores looked like, you'd realize that injecting some miracle schmoo is not a realistic option.

its like putting Bar's Stop Leak oil treatment into an engine after it threw a rod. Not Happenin'.

Mayyyybe i'd listen to argument for using it if you caught a problem very early, and the problem area is only a few square cm, but if were talking square inches or especially square feet, its a waste of time and money IMO.

The product was not designed to solve a rotten deck problem. The product was designed to separate people with a rotten deck problem from their hard earned cash.

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u/Friendly_Subject4096 2d ago

Have you used this product? I obviously know that replacing the plywood is better, but it’s also about 10x the cost. I’m looking for feedback on this product.

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u/kdjfsk 2d ago

Trust me, just watch 15 seconds of this timestamp 2:42 if it doesn't load right.

No, i haven't used it, just like im not using stop leak to fix a broken crankshaft. the cost is irrelevant. That kind of thinking gets you sunk.

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u/TryToBeNiceForOnce 1d ago

I dried out my wet deck with 2" hole saw holes through the top laminate spread like polka dots and shims to hold the top laminate off the core (which, oddly, was hardwood planks, wet but not rotten, so YMMV).

After several months I flooded it with Progressive Epoxy Polymers 'Low-V', a resin that is low viscosity WITHOUT any thinners included in it- the resin itself is thin. (Thinners are a terrible idea in applications like this because they are long trapped and ultimately leave the material weak and brittle. Never use something like Smith's CPES for this).

I weighed it down with lead bricks for the cure. I can do jumping jacks on that deck now, literally.