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Options for refastening a hull
I'm about to start restoring a 1964 34' Chris Craft Constellation. I'm going
to start with the hull, which looks to be in pretty decent shape, but I want to refasten and recaulk at least below the waterline. I've read Jim Trefethen's book, and he suggests pulling the fastener, injecting 3m 5200 into the whole, and replacing with a slightly larger silicon brass screw (one or two sizes up). He also suggests fastening the new bungs into place with carpenter's glue and letting the paint seal them. Nowhere does he use epoxy, in order to keep the hull flexible.He suggests recaulking the traditional way, with cotton. The Gougeon brothers suggest a totally different approach, where they call for the existing caulking to be removed with a skillsaw, and then putting thin wood splines that are edge-bonded with epoxy put into the gap, turning the hull into one solid structure. Needless to say, I'm confused, I only want to do this once, and I don't want to screw it up. Any advice is apprecreciated. |
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