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I never thought of that. What color epoxy? Matching the boat or interior? The comment by LDUBS on vertical for switches and horizontal for recepticals is a great idea. Now I have to go thru the house and change them all.

That's what I used for bunk covers. The fence post covers I got were 1/8" thick. After running them thru the table saw There were 2 narrow pieces from the middle of the cover left over. The cover was about 1/4" wider then the 2x4 bunks so I cut the left over narrow pieces into shims to fill the...

Place the bunks between them. If using 2x4s i would have the 3-1/2" side against the hull. More bearing surface for the load.

I found some info on rivet spacing here on page 5 https://www.eastwood.com/images/pdf/20127Q_inst.pdf

Dale that's what I was thinking. Right above my patch is where the side piece of the hull is riveted to the bottom of the hull and they are spaced close together and staggered. After I got the holes drilled thru the patch and hull I got to thinking these are more rivets than necessary.

Should be fixed now

Got the patch(s) put on. I went with the 5200 between patches and hull on both inner and outer patches. My SIL had about 1-1/2 hrs to help last Saturday so I figured the 5200 would be quicker. I had searched the site for rivet spacing but didn't come up with anything. So I probably put in to...

You are correct. I/2 oz of thinner for 10 oz paint.

24 hrs at 72 degrees

Reading the instructions on the G flex 655 I got it looks like I will have to sand down to bare aluminum clean with acetone, vinegar wash and then prime with self etching primer. Basically I to get rid of the top coats of paint I put on for the 5200. One ques tho. My understanding ( I've never...

Thanks DaleH. I washed the patches with soap and water then a 50-50 water/white vinegar mix also wiped with acetone. Put on a light coat of rustoleum self etching primer followed by two lite coats of rustoleum paint. I have some g-flex coming today but it is the 655 pre thickened stuff...

I finally got my rivets, clecos etc. I'm making the patch out of 1/16" aluminum with 3m5200 between patch and outside of hull. Should i put a patch on the inside of the hull also. Kinda sandwich the cracks/hull between the patches with 5200 on both sides of hull? The cracks are below the...

DaleH thanks for the offer. I'll see what i need.