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Message: <blockquote data-quote="thill" data-source="post: 521637" data-attributes="member: 4972">If you want a quick fix, you could open the holes to 3/16 and hit them all with solid rivets.   I did that on a boat I didn't want to put a lot of time into.  They take 10 seconds to install, especially if you can get someone to hold the anvil while you tap them in.    Paint them to match, and surprisingly, you don't really notice them, since there are rivets everywhere anyway.  And they don't leak.   It's a win-win for an old boat that's not worth that much.</blockquote>