Ever used GIT ROT or CPES for rotten/dry rotted wood repairs?

[homey]

Have you ever used Git Rot or CPES to repair rotten or dry rotted wood? If so, how did it work for you?

[JackB]

It works well although it can get very expensive depending on the size of the repair. It is basically thinned down epoxy and there had been discussion of some guys doing just that which is thinning epoxy with acetone. I have use a minwax product called Wood Hardener which is not a two part product like epoxy but it worked very well on rotted window sills. The product is the consistency of water and cleans up with acetone. I did E-Mail Minwax at one time and asked if there product could be used for wood rot in boats. There reply was basically no but they did not give a reason. It may have something to do with below the waterline concerns or concern over structural integrity. Epoxy will add strength where wood hardener may just allow enough hardness of the wood to allow bonding with filler. my window sill repairs have held up fine however after several years.

[thataway]

Yes, I have used it after routing out the wet and rotted wood. I used the CPES to saturate the wood fibers, after drying with heat, then cleaning with acetone. The first coats were CPES to penetrate and bond to the fibers, then an epoxy filler to fill any voids. This is sort of a temporary repair--one needs to see why there is a rot problem, and then rebuild the area.

My personal feeling is that thinning epoxy with acetone is not as satisfactory as using as using a specfic formulated thin epoxy.

If there are deck leaks, or rot in a core--often the water pentration will migrate some distance. Just filling the bad area, does not cure the problem, or deck leak.