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<\/p>\nAfter reading through some old threads on liquid latex, I found some good reviews on the stuff but no pictures of how people got on, so I thought I’d share with you the pics of my repaired spray deck. Time for a little spray deck modification.<\/p>\n
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My spray deck had always been fairly loose fitting so I could get it off easier in a panic, but now as my confidence has built up, I wanted a tighter fitting deck to keep me drier in pushier water or waves.<\/p>\n
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So I scoured eBay for some liquid latex and decided to go for a 500ml bottle of black liquid latex body paint…Ooor errr!<\/p>\n
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I was a bit apprehensive about applying the stuff at first not knowing how it would turn out, so I started with a very small patch. It took about 3 mins to dry outside in the sun and seemed surprisingly hard-wearing once dry. It felt really tacky and wouldn’t come off if I picked at it so I thought what the hell! I put the spray deck on my boat upside down to stretch it out before applying a coat to the outer edge of the deck about 2 ins wide. Once dry, I repeated the process 5 times to build up a thicker layer.<\/p>\n
When I took the deck off the boat, I’d noticed the liquid latex hadn’t gone right to the edge of the deck, so I applied some to the gaps in layers again until it was built up to the same depth as the rest.<\/p>\n
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I’d been getting some water coming in by my waist and on closer inspection, I realised how bad my spray deck was! The seam tape had come away from a lot of the stitching so water was flushing through to the inside.I started by glueing the seam tape back using some neoprene queen glue. This seemed to work very well and probably would have kept most of the water out on its own, but after it going so well with the latex round the edge, I decided to paint over the stitching on the inside to make an even better seal.<\/p>\n
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I tested it out at the weekend and there were no signs of leakage. The deck now grips the rim of my boat really well and definitely won’t implode so easily.<\/p>\n
My deck was pretty old and I was tempted to look into buying a new one, but for \u00a310 and I have rescued it from the bin and given it some more life!<\/p>\n
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