- another hot topic here on TinBoats -
I just removed the transom material from the stern of my Crestliner.
it is not wood..... it is made it out of 3/4" solid oriented strand fiberglass
foam material used in military applications that I came across years ago.....
anyhoo - I fabricated the inside transom panel as well as the "Transom Outboard Plate"
and adhered a sheet of 1/8" aluminum plate on top of that with 3M-5200 Regular (which is the slow dry).
- - - - Fast forward 15 years - - - - time for renovation.
I thought I could use some 85 pound braid fishing line to see-saw through the adhesive and it
would just fall off - wrong..... after using several kitchen knives, hacksaw blades, and whatever else
I could get between the boat hull metal and the panels, it finally came loose. The remaining adhesive
was removed with wide wood chisels and an assortment of power tools.
The aluminum hull was primed and painted prior to applying all this stuff. I would say that this boat
has been used in salt water 10-15% of the time over the last 15 years. There was some corrosion
under the painted surfaces but nothing that would be considered excessive.
this information is just to lend more credence to the holding powers of 3M-5200 when used as an adhesive.
a rotary wire brush removed most of the 5200 adhesive while the rest of it had to be heated with a torch
to get it completely off...... Other than that - it performed as advertised by the manufacturer.
So - be careful of how you use this product - you may have to remove it some day. (which could be a chore).
here is a sneak-peek at how the new transom will look.......
it is Florida Cypress preserved then 8 coats of Epifanes Marine Spar Varnish.
- - - - a work in progress - - - -
and there are NO adhesives of any sort between the boat hull and the wood panels.
the refurbished hull transom area has 2 coats of aluminum primer and 3 coats of paint.
on the outside transom plate, I will run a thin bead of 5200 around the edges only.
.
I just removed the transom material from the stern of my Crestliner.
it is not wood..... it is made it out of 3/4" solid oriented strand fiberglass
foam material used in military applications that I came across years ago.....
anyhoo - I fabricated the inside transom panel as well as the "Transom Outboard Plate"
and adhered a sheet of 1/8" aluminum plate on top of that with 3M-5200 Regular (which is the slow dry).
- - - - Fast forward 15 years - - - - time for renovation.
I thought I could use some 85 pound braid fishing line to see-saw through the adhesive and it
would just fall off - wrong..... after using several kitchen knives, hacksaw blades, and whatever else
I could get between the boat hull metal and the panels, it finally came loose. The remaining adhesive
was removed with wide wood chisels and an assortment of power tools.
The aluminum hull was primed and painted prior to applying all this stuff. I would say that this boat
has been used in salt water 10-15% of the time over the last 15 years. There was some corrosion
under the painted surfaces but nothing that would be considered excessive.
this information is just to lend more credence to the holding powers of 3M-5200 when used as an adhesive.
a rotary wire brush removed most of the 5200 adhesive while the rest of it had to be heated with a torch
to get it completely off...... Other than that - it performed as advertised by the manufacturer.
So - be careful of how you use this product - you may have to remove it some day. (which could be a chore).
here is a sneak-peek at how the new transom will look.......
it is Florida Cypress preserved then 8 coats of Epifanes Marine Spar Varnish.
- - - - a work in progress - - - -
and there are NO adhesives of any sort between the boat hull and the wood panels.
the refurbished hull transom area has 2 coats of aluminum primer and 3 coats of paint.
on the outside transom plate, I will run a thin bead of 5200 around the edges only.
.
