Hello,
I purchased a used aluminum boat with a fairly decent canvas cover. The only real issue is that the male halves of the snaps that are on the boat are badly beaten. They are riveted on not screwed so I took a dremel grinder to one of them and punched the rivet part into the boat. The resulting hole is a clearance fit for the number 8 screws that are typically found on the snaps.
I see three possibilities.
1. Use JB weld or 5200 to fill the hole, and then screw the #8 screw into the hole. (May need to re-drill the hole to a proper size.) I have already seem the results of this type of fix on the boat (by the prior owner.) Did not hold.
2. Attempt to rivet the new button in place with a 1/8 pop-rivet. I cannot seem to find the male snaps with a suitable hole in the center for a pop-rivet. I can find them, but only with a lot of other types of snaps that I won't need.
3. Drill the hole out for a 3/16 rivet, place a 3/16 rivet in the hole, and then knock out the "nail" from the center of the pop-rivet. Put the #8 screw in the center of the 3/16 pop-rivet. I had a hard time driving the "nail" back through the back side of the rivet.
Any options that I missed? Maybe a male snap with a larger diameter screw (#10?)?
Thanks,
Terry
I purchased a used aluminum boat with a fairly decent canvas cover. The only real issue is that the male halves of the snaps that are on the boat are badly beaten. They are riveted on not screwed so I took a dremel grinder to one of them and punched the rivet part into the boat. The resulting hole is a clearance fit for the number 8 screws that are typically found on the snaps.
I see three possibilities.
1. Use JB weld or 5200 to fill the hole, and then screw the #8 screw into the hole. (May need to re-drill the hole to a proper size.) I have already seem the results of this type of fix on the boat (by the prior owner.) Did not hold.
2. Attempt to rivet the new button in place with a 1/8 pop-rivet. I cannot seem to find the male snaps with a suitable hole in the center for a pop-rivet. I can find them, but only with a lot of other types of snaps that I won't need.
3. Drill the hole out for a 3/16 rivet, place a 3/16 rivet in the hole, and then knock out the "nail" from the center of the pop-rivet. Put the #8 screw in the center of the 3/16 pop-rivet. I had a hard time driving the "nail" back through the back side of the rivet.
Any options that I missed? Maybe a male snap with a larger diameter screw (#10?)?
Thanks,
Terry
