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What all-weather/low maint interior lights?
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<blockquote data-quote="thill" data-source="post: 495908" data-attributes="member: 4972"><p>To tape mount the lights, we clean the area with a shot of carb cleaner and a rag. It's very important that the area be smooth and very clean. </p><p></p><p>If the aluminum or paint is a bit crusty and pitted, we run a Scotchbrite pad across the spot and then clean it again. This tape does not let go. You would almost have to destroy the light. To get them off cleanly, we use a piece of steel leader like a "wire saw." That stuff is tough.</p><p></p><p>That being said, some small boat designs don't have many offset places to install a light, and they end up in high-traffic areas. For those, we use pop rivets, mostly, but sometimes screws. I recently did a simple jon boat that didn't have any top rail protrusion inside the boat. So for floor lighting, we mounted the lights at the bottom of the bunks, facing forward. Three of them lit up the whole floor of the boat nicely.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="thill, post: 495908, member: 4972"] To tape mount the lights, we clean the area with a shot of carb cleaner and a rag. It's very important that the area be smooth and very clean. If the aluminum or paint is a bit crusty and pitted, we run a Scotchbrite pad across the spot and then clean it again. This tape does not let go. You would almost have to destroy the light. To get them off cleanly, we use a piece of steel leader like a "wire saw." That stuff is tough. That being said, some small boat designs don't have many offset places to install a light, and they end up in high-traffic areas. For those, we use pop rivets, mostly, but sometimes screws. I recently did a simple jon boat that didn't have any top rail protrusion inside the boat. So for floor lighting, we mounted the lights at the bottom of the bunks, facing forward. Three of them lit up the whole floor of the boat nicely. [/QUOTE]
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