Machine screws are out. Prior owner already put in larger screws which look like crap. Down to option "c" fill the holes.
Oh well. Joel On Tuesday, August 9, 2016, Dave via CnC-List <[email protected]> wrote: > Agreed with Fred, first choice machine screws, second larger, and third > and fourth - bodywork clips or heavily glass-filled epoxy. > I did a bunch of the latter this season and found that drilling the (new) > holes then 'tapping' with a modified wood screw worked well. By modified > I mean grinding a flat on one side at the pointed end. This provides a > cutting edge of sorts and provides clearance for waste to exit. > > Dave - 33-2 windstar (currently moored at aquatic park Toronto, awaiting > tonight's wind shift). > > > > Date: Tue, 9 Aug 2016 20:59:02 +0000 > From: Josh Muckley <[email protected] > <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','[email protected]');>> > To: "C&C List" <[email protected] > <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','[email protected]');>> > Subject: Re: Stus-List Filling stripped screw holes in fiberglass + > core > Message-ID: > <CA+zaCRD2hfY2QK=fqgksewnu7srn+mqevgdajd3yt9ih8y5...@mail.gmail.com > <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','ca%2bzacrd2hfy2qk%5cx3dfqgksewnu7srn%[email protected]');> > > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > I would try larger screws first. If you can get to the back then machine > screws and nylocks might be an upgrade. I wouldn't hesitate to use west > system epoxy but would lean towards using the west system 5 minute g/flex > product. > > Josh Muckley > S/V Sea Hawk > 1989 C&C 37+ > Solomons, MD > > On Aug 9, 2016 4:46 PM, "Joel Aronson via CnC-List" <[email protected] > <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','[email protected]');>> > wrote: > > I need to are rebed some hardware that is screwed in to the cabin, and > > several screw holes are stripped.? I'm going to use butyl for the > > hardware, but is epoxy the best thing to fill the screw holes? Does it > > need to be West, or is any waterproof hardware store epoxy sufficient? > > > -- > > Joel > > 301 541 8551 > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Sent from my iPhone > -- Joel 301 541 8551
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