Posted by Joel LeMahieu on April 01, 1999 at 05:45:24:
In Reply to: Meranti posted by Alex Carlson on November 17, 1998 at 15:29:19:
: A local lumber supplier carries Meranti in place of mahogany. I am interested in anybody's experience with this as boatbuilding lumber. How does it perform and will epoxy resin bond well to it? Thanks for any help with this. Alex
We are building a 22' Amigo and are using Meranti
Plywood instead of Mahogany. I am very impressed
with it. It is a beautiful wood and looks very
much like mohagany. In fact we used mahogany to
plug our screw holes in the transom and frames and
you can hardly see them. Epoxy bonds to it no
different than any other wood as far as I can tell.
That's all I have to say about that. Good luck,
JOEL