holes in boats.

[Sofa King]

what would you use to seal?
i'm not talking anything big, just the little screw-holes from where a transducer was moved.

a friend just did some work on his boat, a fiberglass cabin-cruiser.
and he filled the holes with just plain bathroom silicone.
i was kinda shaking my head.
wouldn't epoxy have been a better choice?

and would saltwater affect the silicone worse than freshwater maybe?

[Knute]

Pick up a quart of Kitty Hair, he'll find a use for it here and there for a long time.

Evercoat 100868

[Surrey Boy]

A proper fiberglass patch would be best, but for screwholes there are plenty of choices.

I take it this is on the transom?

[Sofa King]

thanks for the answers, i'll pass it on.

yup, it's on the transom.

he actually just called me.
they are out today off van isle fishing.
his new lowrance, he isn't getting it to read depth.
they are in 100' of water or so and it's saying 2'.
any quick tips he can try?
i suggested he have a look at his transducer, but they can't while in the water.
i know it has a reset/recalibrate feature, he said he tried that and nothing changed.

[The Dawg]

Disconnect power and try again

[longstonec]

Marine tex. 2 part epoxy filler that will harden under water.


http://www.marinetex.com/

[Salty]

silicone? No, leave it for the bathroom if that. If he wants a quick and dirty repair with goop in a tube go with Sikflex 291 or 3-M 5200. Better, drill the holes out slightly oversized to get to clean surface and inject some thickened epoxy. There's small two part epoxy kits that come thickened, or if you're going with just clear resin add a little talc or wood flower to get it about like yogurt consistancy. A big siringe work well or just drive it in with a nail or whatever.

On the depth sounder if the dawg's trick doesn't work next thing I'd check is if the transducer hasn't kicked up which they're designed to do if they hit somthing or get bonked coming off the trailer or whatever

[Johnny G1]

Don't all boats have a big hole in them, that's where da money goes????

[Sako7]

Grind the hole out and fill it with Marine tex epoxy.

[Sofa King]

silicone? No, leave it for the bathroom if that. If he wants a quick and dirty repair with goop in a tube go with Sikflex 291 or 3-M 5200. Better, drill the holes out slightly oversized to get to clean surface and inject some thickened epoxy. There's small two part epoxy kits that come thickened, or if you're going with just clear resin add a little talc or wood flower to get it about like yogurt consistancy. A big siringe work well or just drive it in with a nail or whatever.

On the depth sounder if the dawg's trick doesn't work next thing I'd check is if the transducer hasn't kicked up which they're designed to do if they hit somthing or get bonked coming off the trailer or whatever

i know.
like i say, i was shaking my head when i saw that.

[Sofa King]

he text me awhile ago and said that they stopped to clean the weed from the lines, and it started reading bottom.
he probably picked up weeds on the ducer if the lines were getting weeds to.

[longstonec]

Marine tex.

[Sofa King]

i texted'ed'ed him and told him to clean out that silicone and seal it up proper with marinetex.

[Salty]

prfkt thk god 4 txts btr 2 fgr it out 1st b4 w8st r time

[dryflyguy57]

cedar plugs and marine tex

[doubled]

How about fixing a quad snow plow puncture on a lund flat bottom? Hole is about 3 inches wide and one inch high just below the water line.

[Sofa King]

How about fixing a quad snow plow puncture on a lund flat bottom? Hole is about 3 inches wide and one inch high just below the water line.

ouch!
that sounds like a bad one.
2 pieces purple hubba-bubba mixed with one piece pink.
chew at least twenty minutes to get good and blended together.
once the flavour is pretty much all sucked out, spit the gum out and call a repair guy.

i don't know.
i'd think you need some aluminum welding done to it.
not sure if there's much other options.

[laredo318]

I dropped my 9.9 while putting it on while on shore.
Straight through the bottom...1" or so wide, 3" or so long.
Pounded the aluminum flat, and used JB Weld.
Been 12 years, and still holding.

[longstonec]

tin and blueskin.

[Sofa King]

I dropped my 9.9 while putting it on while on shore.
Straight through the bottom...1" or so wide, 3" or so long.
Pounded the aluminum flat, and used JB Weld.
Been 12 years, and still holding.

that musta sucked.
cool to hear that jb weld is doing the job.

[ianwuzhere]

Time to call in phil swift, "its like the hoover dam in a can" hehe

[pete_k]

How about fixing a quad snow plow puncture on a lund flat bottom? Hole is about 3 inches wide and one inch high just below the water line.

Duct tape and a big bailing bucket

[Sofa King]

Duct tape and a big bailing bucket

haha.
or, just leave the rear plug out so the incoming water can flow right on out the back.