motorcyclepilot
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I have never worked with epoxy on boats and am looking for recommendations on what products to use. There are three areas I think I want epoxy for:
-The floor. I want to completely seal the new wooden floor and also would like to apply 'non stick' or anti-skid in some areas. (Sand mixed with epoxy?)
-The transom. Again, I want the transom completely sealed. I have also read somewhere about pre-drilling oversized holes and then filling them with epoxy in locations that screws or other things will penetrate the transom in order to prevent water seeping, but cannot find anything here on that.
-The rivets and seams. I am in the process of replacing about 75% of all the rivets--with solid 'buck' rivets. After that I will test for leaks and want to seal any leaking rivets/seams. I have heard of Gluvit and West System for that purpose.
Oh, I am also going to install a piece of HDPE where the new transducer will mount. This is well below the bottom edge of the wooden transom and there are about 8 holes through the bare sheet metal that were sealed with some RTV. If I glue some plastic there it will give the screws something to bite into and also positively prevent water intrustion.
If you can point me to a thread here that is pertinent or recommend a product, I appreciate it.
Thanks in advance!
James
-The floor. I want to completely seal the new wooden floor and also would like to apply 'non stick' or anti-skid in some areas. (Sand mixed with epoxy?)
-The transom. Again, I want the transom completely sealed. I have also read somewhere about pre-drilling oversized holes and then filling them with epoxy in locations that screws or other things will penetrate the transom in order to prevent water seeping, but cannot find anything here on that.
-The rivets and seams. I am in the process of replacing about 75% of all the rivets--with solid 'buck' rivets. After that I will test for leaks and want to seal any leaking rivets/seams. I have heard of Gluvit and West System for that purpose.
Oh, I am also going to install a piece of HDPE where the new transducer will mount. This is well below the bottom edge of the wooden transom and there are about 8 holes through the bare sheet metal that were sealed with some RTV. If I glue some plastic there it will give the screws something to bite into and also positively prevent water intrustion.
If you can point me to a thread here that is pertinent or recommend a product, I appreciate it.
Thanks in advance!
James