Restoring a Tinny in cold weather - Tip

sschefer

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Hopefully this won't get moved.. It really is about boat restoration...

Place a couple of cheap 110v electric heaters under your hull. The aluminum will act as a heat dissapater and your entire hull will warm to a comfortable working temp suitable for using glues, gluvit, paint, etc. in cold weather.

I discovered the is quite by accident. I had a small heater sitting under the bow to keep me warm when I noticed that the hull of the boat where I put the heater was warming up. Right about then, the light bulb went on! I went to HD and got three more and set them up under the keel and it worked!!!
I put down Gluvit in 38 degree weather and it went off right on schedule, 4 hours after mixing.

This was just too cool to keep to myself.
 

tashasdaddy

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Re: Restoring a Tinny in cold weather - Tip

thanks, for the insight.
 
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