I have a 75 model boat that I’ve owned for 21 years, and a 76 model that I’ve owned for 12. Between them they have 6 aluminum frame windows. None of the frames have ever been rebidded, and none of them leak.
Back in the mid-90s when I replaced the first pair of portlight lenses on my 25, someone on the precursers to this list told me how to do it. And instruction #1 was DON’T MESS WITH THE ALUMINUM FRAMES. I realize that can’t always be an absolute, but from my experience, it is very good advice. Rick Brass Imzadi C&C 38 mk 2 la Belle Aurore C&C 25 mk1 Washington, NC From: CnC-List [mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com] On Behalf Of bobmor99 . via CnC-List Sent: Monday, November 09, 2015 8:51 PM To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com Cc: bobmor99 . <bobmo...@gmail.com> Subject: Re: Stus-List Fwd: Replacing Windows A very important distinction (made before by others) when talking about rebedding windows/ports/port lights is whether the window is the old style, i.e. aluminium frame attached to the cabintop and a lens attached to the frame or, the newer style which is a lens glued directly to the the outside of the cabintop, This distinction eluded me for quite awhile when reading threads about rebedding windows/ports/port lights. I have the old style windows and am very happy using butyl to seal the frames to the outside of the cabintop (along with the screws that attach the frame to the cabintop). (Here, there's a difference between attaching and sealing.) The newer windows/ports/port lights rely on a very strong adhesive to both attach and seal the lens to the outside of the cabintop. Hope this helps, Bob M Ox 33-1 Jax, FL On Mon, Nov 9, 2015 at 6:01 PM, Ahmet via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com <mailto:cnc-list@cnc-list.com> > wrote: A lot of people paraise using Butyl tape for attaching windows. I have not done it, but I can see the results on my C&C Hull/Deck joint, and it looks pretty good Ahmet
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