Patent ID: 7252727
Filing Date: 2007-08-07
Classification: B29C,B29L,B63B

Abstract:
1. A minimally invasive method for repairing water damaged balsa wood cores within a boat hull, said boat hull having inner and outer fiberglass skins separated by a balsa wood core in the form of small separated blocks preattached to a fabric like material on one side only of said separate blocks of balsa wood, said method comprising the steps of: Detecting troubled areas of the hull of the boat; Boring a relatively small hole through a skin at each troubled area; Applying heat to each of the troubled areas for drying out said blocks of balsa wood within said troubled areas; After drying of the troubled areas, turning rotted blocks of balsa within the troubled areas into wood chips and debris; Removing said wood chips and debris from the troubled areas through the holes, thereby forming a cavity within each troubled area; and Filling each cavity with a filled epoxy.