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Aluminum boat. Hole repair on a budget.
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<blockquote data-quote="gogittum" data-source="post: 488078" data-attributes="member: 27114"><p>This one has me going a bit. The epoxy repair looks good and if it's safe for aluminum, go for it. If not, rivet a piece of aluminum to the <u>Inside</u> of the hole, then fair it to the hull. </p><p></p><p>Yah, there'll be drag from the rivets, but there are already 100s of rivets in that hull, so what's a couple more ??</p><p></p><p>What "really" concerns me is the picture of what 5200 did to aluminum. I had to replace 170 rivets in the bottom of my 16 ft Starcraft Seafarer recently and people on the forums were insistent that I seal the closed end pop rivets with 5200 to prevent leaks.....so I did.</p><p></p><p>I smeared a small gob of 5200 on each rivet, pushed it into the hole, popped it, then smeared the 5200 on the outside to smooth it some. The boat doesn't leak. </p><p></p><p>Now I'm concerned. That picture is ugly. On a small surface like a rivet, will the chemicals in the 5200 leach out fairly quickly ?? </p><p></p><p>If not, I may have 170 oozing leaks in my future.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="gogittum, post: 488078, member: 27114"] This one has me going a bit. The epoxy repair looks good and if it's safe for aluminum, go for it. If not, rivet a piece of aluminum to the [u]Inside[/u] of the hole, then fair it to the hull. Yah, there'll be drag from the rivets, but there are already 100s of rivets in that hull, so what's a couple more ?? What "really" concerns me is the picture of what 5200 did to aluminum. I had to replace 170 rivets in the bottom of my 16 ft Starcraft Seafarer recently and people on the forums were insistent that I seal the closed end pop rivets with 5200 to prevent leaks.....so I did. I smeared a small gob of 5200 on each rivet, pushed it into the hole, popped it, then smeared the 5200 on the outside to smooth it some. The boat doesn't leak. Now I'm concerned. That picture is ugly. On a small surface like a rivet, will the chemicals in the 5200 leach out fairly quickly ?? If not, I may have 170 oozing leaks in my future. [/QUOTE]
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