OSB is pretty good stuff, but marine ply is much better.
Dan
'75 argosy 26
> From: Jim Greene <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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> Date: Wed, 24 Jan 2001 22:24:17 -0500 (EST)
> To: Multiple recipients of VACList <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: [VAC] Re: New Bambi not particle board.
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>> M Rylyk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>>> The floor of the New Bambi is not particle board. It
>>> is made out of OSB or Oriented Strand Board.
>>> OSB is an structural sheathing composed of wood
>>> chips
>>> bonded together with phenolic resin ( like
>>> electronic
>>> circuit boards). The OSB floor is one piece no
>>> seams.
>>> I think is is something that Airstream did right.
>>> Particle board is sawdust with a ureaformaldehyde
>>> binder. Besides being the worst material ever
>>> invented
>>> it can out gas toxic fumes. Not good in an airtight
>>> trailer.
>
>
> I'm wondering if the Oriented Strand Board (OSB) mentioned here is the
> same material that my new house was sub floored with. It's fairly large
> chips and it's not particle board but I don't know about the oriented
> part. Looks kind of random to me. But my question is would this OSB
> material be better to use than marine plywood in replacing some water
> damaged floor in front of the door on my Tradewind? If so, where would I
> find it? Having never replaced bad flooring I thought I would cut out the
> damaged part and replace it with marine plywood. Is this how it's done?
> (Not to be minimizing the effort involved.)
>
> Jim Greene
> '68 Tradewind
> Atlanta
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