[FC] 1963 FC- repairing/replacing front floorboard

[Chris & Bill Strickland]

>that's why they call them floor boards .........
> 
>Plywood comes apart,
>
use Exterior grade, and if you want to really get carried away, get some 
of the pressure treated ply

> gets wet,
>
whatever you use for floor boards will get wet -- use an appropriate 
weatherproof coating, just like you wouldn't leave new steel floors bare.

> won't seal tight.
>
'spose that would depend on what you use to seal it -- try Vulkem

I do believe POR-15 will also coat wood products, if that is your 
solution to corrosion issues.  In fact, POR-15 markets a product called 
Pelucid specifically as a replacement for marine varnishes. Also a 
product named Glisten, a clear marine Gelcoat repair.  POR-15 itself is 
advertised as "Use to waterproof insulation or wood" & "Use as a bonding 
agent on wood or Styrofoam"

These same problems occur with houses, and that doesn't seem to deter 
folks from building them out of wood products, so what is the real 
reason for dissing wood floors?  Sure would beat the styrofoam sheets I 
found under one Corvair carpet. New steel might enhance the structural 
integrity of the unibody, but wood is probably stouter than those Rusty 
Sheets under discussion.  Long live the Spruce Goose!!

Bill Strickland