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<blockquote data-quote="onthewater102" data-source="post: 357376" data-attributes="member: 13702"><p>Oh come now - you learned that before you buy an old riveted boat you check it first by filling it with water...</p><p></p><p>The Gulvit is a band-aide fix, it will last 5 or so years but then cracks & is just another layer of mess to work through to try & fix. </p><p></p><p>The 5200 + replacing the rivets is a permanent fix.</p><p></p><p>As far as sizing the rivet - drill off the head of the existing rivet without drilling into the hull of the boat - the head will come off pretty easily. Pop the rivet body out of the boat (using a small nail if it's being stubborn) this will leave a neat & clean hole drilled through the side. Take your set of drill bits and figure out what size hole you've got...buy the rivets accordingly (you may want to see if you can go up one size & drill the hole out a smidge so you know you're working with clean edges around the hole...</p><p></p><p>As far as patching a hole in the side of the boat - could you a few pics?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="onthewater102, post: 357376, member: 13702"] Oh come now - you learned that before you buy an old riveted boat you check it first by filling it with water... The Gulvit is a band-aide fix, it will last 5 or so years but then cracks & is just another layer of mess to work through to try & fix. The 5200 + replacing the rivets is a permanent fix. As far as sizing the rivet - drill off the head of the existing rivet without drilling into the hull of the boat - the head will come off pretty easily. Pop the rivet body out of the boat (using a small nail if it's being stubborn) this will leave a neat & clean hole drilled through the side. Take your set of drill bits and figure out what size hole you've got...buy the rivets accordingly (you may want to see if you can go up one size & drill the hole out a smidge so you know you're working with clean edges around the hole... As far as patching a hole in the side of the boat - could you a few pics? [/QUOTE]
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