The next step was to add 1" wood strips around the edges with 1" rigid foam and then add another piece of 3/8" plywood. Only the front 2/3 or so has the insulation in the floor. At the back the insulation will be in the bed platform and the back storage compartments will not be insulated.
As you will see in the photos, I filled some garbage bags with sand and gravel to weight the panels down while the glue dried.
Then the whole thing was flipped over and fibreglassed.
This shot shows the sandbags on the deck to weight it down after glueing the shim strips to the bottom of the deck. I did this by making some tape 'loops' to hold the shims in place, added construction adhesive, and then laid the plywood pieces on top.
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This shot shows more sandbags, but it was taken after adding all the edge strips and rigid foam and then a top piece of plywood.
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And this shot shows a bit of the foam panels that hasn't been covered yet.
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And then lifted the whole thing off, flipped it, and fibreglassed.
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Filling cracks and filleting the corners so the fibreglass cloth can flow over the shims.
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First layer of epoxy directly on the wood.
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Fibreglass cloth laid out.
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And after the epoxy was added to the cloth.
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That brings it up to date. Following posts will come as I continue with the build.
