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How to temporarily stop a leak?
Hi,
We've got a steel hull houseboat. Recently we pulled it to work on the outdrive, and when it went back in it began leaking. Swimming under the boat I found that about 2" of a plate weld has rusted and cracked. The inlet for the toilet's water is right beside the leak, and it looks to me like the hole in that location weakened the weld, so the stress from being on the trailer was enough to crack it. Most of the rest of the bottom looks in pretty fair shape, though it will need to be pulled and at least painted before too long. Can anyone suggest a good way to temporarily plug the leak for a while? Is there anything that can be applied under water, but won't be too hard to remove later when the boat is pulled and fixed correctly? |
How to temporarily stop a leak?
Davis makes a product called "Slick Seam Compound" that can be applied
underwater. I've never used it but it may be worth looking into. Found it in a West Marine catalog. -- Bill Chesapeake, Va wrote in message ... Hi, We've got a steel hull houseboat. Recently we pulled it to work on the outdrive, and when it went back in it began leaking. Swimming under the boat I found that about 2" of a plate weld has rusted and cracked. The inlet for the toilet's water is right beside the leak, and it looks to me like the hole in that location weakened the weld, so the stress from being on the trailer was enough to crack it. Most of the rest of the bottom looks in pretty fair shape, though it will need to be pulled and at least painted before too long. Can anyone suggest a good way to temporarily plug the leak for a while? Is there anything that can be applied under water, but won't be too hard to remove later when the boat is pulled and fixed correctly? |
How to temporarily stop a leak?
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How to temporarily stop a leak?
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says... Hi, We've got a steel hull houseboat. Recently we pulled it to work on the outdrive, and when it went back in it began leaking. Swimming under the boat I found that about 2" of a plate weld has rusted and cracked. The inlet for the toilet's water is right beside the leak, and it looks to me like the hole in that location weakened the weld, so the stress from being on the trailer was enough to crack it. Most of the rest of the bottom looks in pretty fair shape, though it will need to be pulled and at least painted before too long. Can anyone suggest a good way to temporarily plug the leak for a while? Is there anything that can be applied under water, but won't be too hard to remove later when the boat is pulled and fixed correctly? You may want to look at RayCrete http://www.leevalley.com/garden/page...D5&ccurrency=2 &page=44730&category=2,42194,40727 -- MikeG Heirloom Woods www.heirloom-woods.net |
How to temporarily stop a leak?
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How to temporarily stop a leak?
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wrote in message ... Hi, We've got a steel hull houseboat. Recently we pulled it to work on the outdrive, and when it went back in it began leaking. Swimming under the boat I found that about 2" of a plate weld has rusted and cracked. The inlet for the toilet's water is right beside the leak, and it looks to me like the hole in that location weakened the weld, so the stress from being on the trailer was enough to crack it. Most of the rest of the bottom looks in pretty fair shape, though it will need to be pulled and at least painted before too long. Can anyone suggest a good way to temporarily plug the leak for a while? Is there anything that can be applied under water, but won't be too hard to remove later when the boat is pulled and fixed correctly? |
How to temporarily stop a leak?
That won't stop a leak. It's kinda a waxy paste to smear in the planking
seams of a wood boat below the waterline. Doesn't work particularly well for that either. "IBNFSHN" wrote in message news:iVaMc.7901$fB4.1955@lakeread01... Davis makes a product called "Slick Seam Compound" that can be applied underwater. I've never used it but it may be worth looking into. Found it in a West Marine catalog. -- Bill Chesapeake, Va wrote in message ... Hi, We've got a steel hull houseboat. Recently we pulled it to work on the outdrive, and when it went back in it began leaking. Swimming under the boat I found that about 2" of a plate weld has rusted and cracked. The inlet for the toilet's water is right beside the leak, and it looks to me like the hole in that location weakened the weld, so the stress from being on the trailer was enough to crack it. Most of the rest of the bottom looks in pretty fair shape, though it will need to be pulled and at least painted before too long. Can anyone suggest a good way to temporarily plug the leak for a while? Is there anything that can be applied under water, but won't be too hard to remove later when the boat is pulled and fixed correctly? |
How to temporarily stop a leak?
Anyway you can. When I first read the topis I figured emergency situation.
We have plugged leaky rubber boats witha wooden plug on flaot trips. Recently when flaoting a sunk canoe for salvage ont he river I used a couple pieces of torn rags to plug two large holes in the hull. In a gas tank after tearingit up offroading in a car and beating the tank off some rocks I plugged a hole temproarily by mixing up some ribbon epoxy putting it over the hole, and sticking a screw through it. Seriously... If you plan to fix this right soon I might be tempted to just stuff something in the hole. -- ** FREE Fishing Lures ** Weekly drawing ** Public Fishing and Boating Forums ** www.YumaBassMan.com wrote in message ... Hi, We've got a steel hull houseboat. Recently we pulled it to work on the outdrive, and when it went back in it began leaking. Swimming under the boat I found that about 2" of a plate weld has rusted and cracked. The inlet for the toilet's water is right beside the leak, and it looks to me like the hole in that location weakened the weld, so the stress from being on the trailer was enough to crack it. Most of the rest of the bottom looks in pretty fair shape, though it will need to be pulled and at least painted before too long. Can anyone suggest a good way to temporarily plug the leak for a while? Is there anything that can be applied under water, but won't be too hard to remove later when the boat is pulled and fixed correctly? |
How to temporarily stop a leak?
There is a two part weld called Harvey's Plummer's Weld. It should be
available at most plumbing parts stores. It comes in a tube with one of the two components inside the other. Pull off a hunk and knead them together like clay. The patch can be applied under water as it is designed to stop water leaks; even under pressure. Good luck.... And remember, the Captain goes down with his ship! {:-) wrote in message . .. Hi, We've got a steel hull houseboat. Recently we pulled it to work on the outdrive, and when it went back in it began leaking. Swimming under the boat I found that about 2" of a plate weld has rusted and cracked. The inlet for the toilet's water is right beside the leak, and it looks to me like the hole in that location weakened the weld, so the stress from being on the trailer was enough to crack it. Most of the rest of the bottom looks in pretty fair shape, though it will need to be pulled and at least painted before too long. Can anyone suggest a good way to temporarily plug the leak for a while? Is there anything that can be applied under water, but won't be too hard to remove later when the boat is pulled and fixed correctly? |
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