Best Practice to seal drilled holes in stringers and transom.
07-09-2023 | 10:45 PM
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Best Practice to seal drilled holes in stringers and transom.
Best practice for seal holes though stringer or transom.
Need to drill through stringer and transom for engine mounting and new holes for k-planes.
Looking for the best practice to seal the stringer and transom after drilling.
My thought is to oversize a bit, seal with resin, and glue in some stainless tubing that fits the intended hole size. Making the stainless tube length is a little less, so there is enough nut/bolt bite and tension.
It a good resin seal enough?
Art
Need to drill through stringer and transom for engine mounting and new holes for k-planes.
Looking for the best practice to seal the stringer and transom after drilling.
My thought is to oversize a bit, seal with resin, and glue in some stainless tubing that fits the intended hole size. Making the stainless tube length is a little less, so there is enough nut/bolt bite and tension.
It a good resin seal enough?
Art
07-10-2023 | 01:23 PM
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After i mentioned that i used 4200 to seal up the holes i was told by everyone on this site to use fiberglass resin. Soaks in and seals up the best. I cant speak to your sleeve idea. May just be overkill. Good luck with your project.
10-17-2023 | 08:39 AM
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Best practice for seal holes though stringer or transom.
Need to drill through stringer and transom for engine mounting and new holes for k-planes.
Looking for the best practice to seal the stringer and transom after drilling.
My thought is to oversize a bit, seal with resin, and glue in some stainless tubing that fits the intended hole size. Making the stainless tube length is a little less, so there is enough nut/bolt bite and tension.
It a good resin seal enough?
Art
Need to drill through stringer and transom for engine mounting and new holes for k-planes.
Looking for the best practice to seal the stringer and transom after drilling.
My thought is to oversize a bit, seal with resin, and glue in some stainless tubing that fits the intended hole size. Making the stainless tube length is a little less, so there is enough nut/bolt bite and tension.
It a good resin seal enough?
Art
think disimilar material likely wouldn’t seal. Probably just stick to the resin.
