Joyce: That’s what this is, the short haired fiberglass. I sure wish my wife would buy me a TIG welder and this wouldn’t even be an issue, since I have been a certified welder for over 20 yrs. I have a MIG welder, but you need a MIG welder that has the shielding gas with it, and mine is flux core only. Thanks, Chuck
From: Joyce M Westphal Sent: Monday, January 13, 2014 4:35 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [VFB] Repairing my boat's tiny cracks, and pinholes For those pinhole cracks, we use short hair fiberglass. It is really hard to sand smooth, so put it on very carefully and smoothly. You will still want to sand it, then put on a good waterproof primer, paint and spar finish. Your boat has many years left so enjoy after you refinish. Joyce On Mon, Jan 13, 2014 at 2:18 AM, Chuck Alexander <[email protected]> wrote: Folks: My old jon boat is probably older than me (see attached pics), but I had it looking pretty decent in these pics after I painted it, and put fiberglass in the bottom outside and the bottom inside as well. But, that regular fiberglass resin, the type that is clear, when you walk through the boat, as in getting in or out of the boat, that stuff cracks pretty easily. They make a “Bondo” type fiberglass that is an opaque and green in color. Does anybody here know if that “Bondo type” does a better job on things like this than the traditional clear resin, used WITH fiberglass cloth as well. I will also use the cloth with the Bondo type if that is what I end up going with. And help though, no matter what it is, as far as fixing cracks, or pinholes in the bottom of an aluminum jon boat would be greatly appreciated, cause I sit up front, and run that foot controlled trolling motor, while my wife had a regular trolling motor with her, and so when we are ready to go a cpl MILES to the end of the other end of the lake, or if it comes up a thunderstorm, we crank BOTH trolling motors up on HIGH and a Half LOL, and high tail it to the boat ramp. Thanks a lot. I wish I still had my welding torches and tanks. I would just get aluminum brazing rods and braze the cracks and holes. My wife has the sump pump in back of the boat, and she says she’s tired of running that thing all the time, when she could be FISHING instead LOL..And we all know what happens when momma ain’t happy..., Chuck -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VFB Mail" 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/vfb-mail?hl=en VFB Mail is sponsored by Line's End Inc at http://www.linesend.com --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VFB Mail" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to mailto:vfb-mail%[email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VFB Mail" 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/vfb-mail?hl=en VFB Mail is sponsored by Line's End Inc at http://www.linesend.com --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VFB Mail" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VFB Mail" 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/vfb-mail?hl=en VFB Mail is sponsored by Line's End Inc at http://www.linesend.com --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VFB Mail" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
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