Scratches on swim platform

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@paulga It looks a heckuva lot better than when you started. Work out that one small curing detail in the spring and it'll be absolutely perfect. Good work!

I've used small, cheap, "throw" size heated blankets, set to a low setting, propped up over the repair (with a cardboard box with some quarter-sized holes in it) and further insulated with a blanket over it, in similar situations. It seemed to keep things warm enough and the condensation at bay.

 

[paulga]

@paulga It looks a heckuva lot better than when you started. Work out that one small curing detail in the spring and it'll be absolutely perfect. Good work!

I've used small, cheap, "throw" size heated blankets, set to a low setting, propped up over the repair (with a cardboard box with some quarter-sized holes in it) and further insulated with a blanket over it, in similar situations. It seemed to keep things warm enough and the condensation at bay.

Thanks for the idea.
I have some plastic drop cloth and duct tape for rigging up a small "tent" to cover the swim platform. Then running a heater inside the tent for a day or two.
What material can be used for the frames to prop the tent?

 

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Hi PaulGA,

I've never taken exactly that approach, but my 1st thought would be some cheap pine from home depot, a few drywall screws, and a staple gun or double sided tape for the plastic film or tarp. You might could even use some pvc or abs pipe.

I've operated at the margins, but never fought a big temp problem. As I mentioned, I've never worried about building the tent. I just propped an electric blanket up above it and maybe another blanket or tarp over that. I've just used whatever cardboard I had to keep it propped about 1" above overnight. Day temps were fine in my case. The blanket I used was similar to this, but a diferent brand and bought at Target:
-- https://a.co/d/2vjhcSz

If you build and enclosure for a space heater, be careful about the safety concerns, for example, but not limited to, heater falling down, heater falling in, things falling into or onto heater, area getting too hot for the work, area getting to hot and damaging something, something getting to hot and burning or vapor burning, electricity sparking solvent vapor, etc, etc, etc.

In my case the electric blanket was plugged into a GFCI and couldn't get hit enough to hurt anything, at least in my estimation or observation.

Good luck!