HI To start with please excuse my spelling its been a long day and its late here.
Needing some advice.I am fitting two finns to the hull the hull is around 18mm thick.Looks to be made of wood fiberglass and gelcoat.
I have access to both sides.There are bolt holes in place from the ski pole so will be utilizing two of these holes that align with holes in fin.Now upon fitment when trying to center fin(ski boat is upside down so easy to get at)I could not get the finn to alighn with back finn because the bolt holes are slightly off.So i made the existing holes a little bit biger by drilling to the right and now the finn alighns with other finn.I used the same size drill bit put it in the hole and moved it across one hole originally was worse then the other and not straight.There is about 3-4mm gap one one side of hole.
In hind site I should of filled the holes to start with then reentered finn to where i want it.
The ski pole sleeve will be a okay because im making a new one.
Okay so what do I do?I need to refill holes and the drill out thats my thinking.Or i could just have the bolts loose and fill with silastic like i will anyway.Its just that the holes are biger now.
What can i fill it with?iv heard a good quality car bog works well.The holes will not be seen under finn.
What about gelcoat or flow coat mixxed with talcom powder and catlist?or is this for just for gelcoat repairs?
I do have some fiber matt and epoxy i think the bottle said and catlist and maybe some harder.(it came in a kit from bunnings like a home depot.)
I want something strong eneough so when redrilling it the sides of the origional holes dont flake of.
I do have gelcoat mek and flow coat and boat talc powder.
Bear in mind i dont have access to much here in this town.If your over the blue yonder maybe you could check out bunnings and see what i have avalible or supper cheap.
Cheers in advance
Needing some advice.I am fitting two finns to the hull the hull is around 18mm thick.Looks to be made of wood fiberglass and gelcoat.
I have access to both sides.There are bolt holes in place from the ski pole so will be utilizing two of these holes that align with holes in fin.Now upon fitment when trying to center fin(ski boat is upside down so easy to get at)I could not get the finn to alighn with back finn because the bolt holes are slightly off.So i made the existing holes a little bit biger by drilling to the right and now the finn alighns with other finn.I used the same size drill bit put it in the hole and moved it across one hole originally was worse then the other and not straight.There is about 3-4mm gap one one side of hole.
In hind site I should of filled the holes to start with then reentered finn to where i want it.
The ski pole sleeve will be a okay because im making a new one.
Okay so what do I do?I need to refill holes and the drill out thats my thinking.Or i could just have the bolts loose and fill with silastic like i will anyway.Its just that the holes are biger now.
What can i fill it with?iv heard a good quality car bog works well.The holes will not be seen under finn.
What about gelcoat or flow coat mixxed with talcom powder and catlist?or is this for just for gelcoat repairs?
I do have some fiber matt and epoxy i think the bottle said and catlist and maybe some harder.(it came in a kit from bunnings like a home depot.)
I want something strong eneough so when redrilling it the sides of the origional holes dont flake of.
I do have gelcoat mek and flow coat and boat talc powder.
Bear in mind i dont have access to much here in this town.If your over the blue yonder maybe you could check out bunnings and see what i have avalible or supper cheap.
Cheers in advance
