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<blockquote data-quote="Ray Clark" data-source="post: 518892" data-attributes="member: 31103">You&#039;re going to be waiting a long time for that foam to dry out.&nbsp; A very long time.&nbsp; You&#039;ll be better off removing the foam replacing it with new.&nbsp; You didn&#039;t ask, but if it was me, I&#039;d remove that foam and replace it with cut pieces of extruded polystyrene (EPS) foam.&nbsp; EPS is available in 4X8 sheets of varying thickness (two inches is very common) and is very cost effective.&nbsp; You would cut it into chunks and fill the spaces with that foam.The downside to the EPS is that it likely would not provided support to a span of sheet aluminum, so you would need to be mindful of the structure that supports the aluminum deck.I don&#039;t know if Lund used aluminum for decking in that year/model boat.&nbsp; Lund provides their annual catalogs online and perhaps the 1985 catalog talks about it.&nbsp; If the aluminum sheeting is in reusable condition, I think I would definitely go that way if I could.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Ray Clark, post: 518892, member: 31103"] You're going to be waiting a long time for that foam to dry out. A very long time. You'll be better off removing the foam replacing it with new. You didn't ask, but if it was me, I'd remove that foam and replace it with cut pieces of extruded polystyrene (EPS) foam. EPS is available in 4X8 sheets of varying thickness (two inches is very common) and is very cost effective. You would cut it into chunks and fill the spaces with that foam. The downside to the EPS is that it likely would not provided support to a span of sheet aluminum, so you would need to be mindful of the structure that supports the aluminum deck. I don't know if Lund used aluminum for decking in that year/model boat. Lund provides their annual catalogs online and perhaps the 1985 catalog talks about it. If the aluminum sheeting is in reusable condition, I think I would definitely go that way if I could. [/QUOTE]

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