drilled some holes in my gunnel advice please
Submitted by petermac on Tue, 2014-02-25 20:21
I bolted a cray tipper onto the gunnel of my ali boat I have since got rid of said tipper , but are left with 4 holes in my gunnel should I get then filled in or will it be ok
Vinesh87
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Mastic
Mastic
sstevee
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Maybe just replace with
Maybe just replace with stainless bolts to fill the holes. Just use duralac or marine sikaflex (available in white or black) to seal/prevent electrolysis. You could get the mushroom type Phillips heads which would leave a nicer round profile considering they're ontop of the gunnel.
rocklobster
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L & T Venables sell the
L & T Venables sell the stainless mushroom type allen bolts ( panheads ) in several sizes :-)
big john
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Raw
If it's raw ali just get them filled with weld.
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scotto
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Nup
You're boat is now screwed. Throw it out and buy another. U can dump it at my house, we have vergeside collection this week.
petermac
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hahaha
thought about your suggestion for a micro second and just went nahhhh when are we going to do a dive
lastcast
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devcon
its a 2 part sort of epoxy for ali. I bought some for a little repair
In the hull, worked a treat. Not cheap tho. I have a fair bit left over
That I will struggle to ever use.
If you want a bit for free flick me a pm.
sideshow
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Wouldnt stainless steel
Wouldnt stainless steel screws/bolts into ali cause corrosion or is that just mixing them with ferrous metals?
I would think either kneadit/quicksteel or plug weld if the holes are too big
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sea-kem
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Like BJ said if it's ali
Like BJ said if it's ali then just weld the bloody things lol.
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