Applying 5200 over gluvit

[Monmouth00]

Hello All, I?ve been lurking on these forums for a while, and want to thank each of you for countless pointers for restoring my 1979 Starcraft Kingfisher with my 8 year old son. I would have been lost without all your insights.
I?ve stripped the boat, which led to the discovery of about 50 missing and loose rivets. I replaced about half already, with 5200 on the shank. I ran out of rivets and am waiting for another batch to be delivered.
I mixed way too much gluvit in the meantime, and ended up covering up the remaining broken rivets without thinking much of it. I figured I would just drill and sink the last batch through the gluvit.
Now the gluvit has cured, it?s occurred to me that any 5200 I put on the rivets May not bond to the smooth gluvit.
Have I screwed up royally? Will I have to heat and scrape the gluvit around these holes to get it to bond correctly? Or will the 5200 under the rivet head still create a watertight seal? If I sink them, should I lightly sand the gluvit around it, and slop a little more on with the next batch?
I plan to fill the holes in the rivet after with epoxy just to be sure that the steel mandrel doesn?t rust.
Thanks so much for the useful advice!

 

[GA_Boater]

Welcome aboard.

5200 bonds to glass boats, so you don't have to worry. I wouldn't sand or scuff because the rivets grip and squeeze the 5200 before its set.

Instead of mixing epoxy to seal the mandrel, a drop or two of 5200 will work fine too.

 

[Monmouth00]

Thanks, GA! I had a little freak out there, thinking I was going to have to strip Gluvit off the hull. Your assurance is appreciated.
Once I?m done, i?ll post a thread with pictures in the completed restoration forum. I?ve been documenting along the way. Still far from done, but hurdles are being jumped weekly.
Thanks again!

 

[jbcurt00]

Its often better to chronicle a rebuild, DURING the rebuild, rather then posting about a completed project.

Attracts more foot traffic and comments/posts...

 

[Monmouth00]

Its often better to chronicle a rebuild, DURING the rebuild, rather then posting about a completed project.

Attracts more foot traffic and comments/posts...

I have some pictures, and I can start posting them here. Is it best to add them right to a post? I've seen a lot of guys using photobucket.

Thanks,

PCA

 

[jbcurt00]

No to 3rd party host sites, esp free ones and DEFINITELY NOT Photobucket
http://forums.iboats.com/forum/othe...ssues/10429725-photobucket-outrageous-charges

But other wise, yep, start a topic about your project, post details of where you are now w rebuild and progress pix..

Even those w trees growing out of the hull, or what ever its as found, drug home condition was....

Pix tutorial
http://forums.iboats.com/forum/forum-rules-and-guidelines/9938375-photo-upload-tutorial

Note pix size limit for upload is 700KB, 70% of 1MB.... pix may need to be resized for you to upload them..

Grab your favorite beverage and dig in
http://forums.iboats.com/forum/owners-groups-by-manufacturer/s/starcraft-boats

Lots of good info in there ^^^

 

[Monmouth00]

Thanks, JB. Will get at it under a new thread soon.

Much obliged.