Below the waterline screw holes- Help!
 

Hi Folks,

Perhaps someone could help me. I removed the swim platform from my
transom and now have a few screw holes to deal with, on of which sits
below the waterline.

The genius at west marine told me to use Marine-Tex putty. It will not
enter the holes due to trapped air. Has anyone used a more liquid epoxy
with a syringe? If so, please hook me up with brands.

Thanks in advance for your help!

T

Below the waterline screw holes- Help!
 

"localG" wrote in message
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Hi Folks,

Perhaps someone could help me. I removed the swim platform from my transom
and now have a few screw holes to deal with, on of which sits below the
waterline.

The genius at west marine told me to use Marine-Tex putty. It will not
enter the holes due to trapped air. Has anyone used a more liquid epoxy
with a syringe? If so, please hook me up with brands.

Thanks in advance for your help!

T


Nope, but I've used replacement screws and washers sealed with RTV to fill
the holes.

Eisboch

Below the waterline screw holes- Help!
 

On Thu, 7 Jun 2007 20:17:44 -0400, localG wrote:

Hi Folks,

Perhaps someone could help me. I removed the swim platform from my
transom and now have a few screw holes to deal with, on of which sits
below the waterline.

The genius at west marine told me to use Marine-Tex putty. It will not
enter the holes due to trapped air. Has anyone used a more liquid epoxy
with a syringe? If so, please hook me up with brands.

Thanks in advance for your help!

There are a couple of ways to do this.

One is to put the screw back into the hole with some sealant like 3M
4200 or a good silicone sealer. Alternatively, you could put a
different screw with a flush head using the same sealer.

The trick to using Marine Tex is to use a little at a time - don't try
to fill the hole in one shot. Use a small pick or nail to push some
in a little at a time allowing for air to escape.

Your going to have the air problem even if you use liquid epoxy.

Paitence is the key in this situation.

Below the waterline screw holes- Help!
 

On 2007-06-07 20:17:44 -0400, localG said:

Hi Folks,

Perhaps someone could help me. I removed the swim platform from my
transom and now have a few screw holes to deal with, on of which sits
below the waterline.

The genius at west marine told me to use Marine-Tex putty. It will not
enter the holes due to trapped air. Has anyone used a more liquid epoxy
with a syringe? If so, please hook me up with brands.

Thanks in advance for your help!

T

Thanks for your suggestions!

Below the waterline screw holes- Help!
 

"localG" wrote in message
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On 2007-06-07 20:17:44 -0400, localG said:

Hi Folks,

Perhaps someone could help me. I removed the swim platform from my
transom and now have a few screw holes to deal with, on of which sits
below the waterline.

The genius at west marine told me to use Marine-Tex putty. It will not
enter the holes due to trapped air. Has anyone used a more liquid epoxy
with a syringe? If so, please hook me up with brands.

Thanks in advance for your help!

T

Thanks for your suggestions!

The genius was right. Marine Tex is wonderful stuff. You don't need to fill
the holes completely, but if you want to, you can coat pieces of tooth pick,
or whatever you can jam into the holes, with Marine Tex. Make sure it is
countersunk enough so that you can finish off with a coat of Marine Tex or
gel coat. Or you could hire a fiberglass guy to make those holes disappear.