1. Starting off with a flexible pop top that wasn't strong enough to
walk on.
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2. Cutting the inside "skin" to get to the crusty foam.
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3. Cutting the fiberglass "skin". Just set the saw depth to 1/8" or
less.
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4. Still more cutting.
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5. yet more cutting
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6. The useless foam interior
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7. Fiberglass skin is halfway cut off.
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8. Even though the foam was pink, it did not taste like Strawberry.
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9. Close up of the condition of the interior foam core, with Wentzle
Ruml Pro Canyon Pool model skateboard for scale.
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10. Skin is totally removed. Had to scrape both sides.
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11. Scraping out the foam in preparation for the new wood core.
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12. Yet more scraping. Yes, you *should* wear your safety glasses.
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13. Mary-Louise measures and fits the 1/4" plywood.
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15. The poptop is supported underneath so it lays up without a warp.
The stone tile left over from my bathroom project came in handy.
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16. New Plywood core before old fiberglass interior "skin" is reglued
into place on top of it.
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17. This shot is after the skin is glued on, the oak supports are
installed and the whole thing has been painted. It's ready to go back
on the boat.
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