Thanks Waterguy. The outdoor carpeting on the flybridge and aft deck are garbage. I planned on that as a project for this summer but I had higher priorities until the leak started. The carpet wasn't my idea. :) The previous owner glued that crap in there TIGHT. Every square inch of that carpet has glue, when he could have just as easily used snaps or just glued the outer edges. Yuck. Anyway, I already tried the acetone. No deal. Looks like I am up to the Xylene. I have two days to get it fixed though. The weather report shows that it is going to pour this weekend and we aren't allowed to use any sort of tarps on our boats in my marina.
Kerry -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of waterguy Sent: Wednesday, April 15, 2009 1:38 AM To: UnifliteWorld Subject: [UnifliteWorld] Re: Leak above chart table When using any solvent, start with the least aggressive and work your way up. Try the following, in this order: Denatured alcohol Acetone Xylene (sold under the brand name Goof-Off; but you can buy it labeled as xylene in the paint department of your local big-box hardware store a lot cheaper) MEK (methyl ethel ketone) I would avoid the oven cleaner on your fiberglass. Among other things, oven cleaner contains ethers, ethylene glycol, lye (sodium and potassium hydroxide), methylene chloride, petroleum distillates, monoethanolamine diethylene glycol, monobutyl ether, diethanolamine and pine oil. I don't know what half that sh!t is, but I bet the pine oil is hell on gelcoat :-) Carpet on outdoor decks is a bad idea. It traps water, it wicks water, it molds, and it plays hell with your decks. If you have to have carpet on your decks, cut it to size, find a place that will bind the edges, lay it loose, and roll it up and keep it inside when you're not using it. If you're concerned about it slipping, have some snaps put in the carpet and use some epoxy or 3M 5200 to glue down the snap studs (don't drive screws into your decks if you can avoid it). --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "UnifliteWorld" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/UnifliteWorld?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
