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Ok, epoxy seems to be the preferred method for bonding teak and mahogany woods with screw or two thrown in for good measure!
As always I am humbled by the huge amount of seasoned knowledge offered here at this forum and thank you for your time. All the Best, Al

Hello to everyone, Well here is another question pertaining to bonding of teak or mahogany woods. I am building a wooden hatch and would like to glue the corners together, but from what I understand teak is a wood that has natural oil in the grain, so would that inhibit the bonding that glue would p...

Thanks for the feedback, I think you are very right, it is evil. The question is why, why do people do it, could be ignorance or the devil sitting on their shoulder whispering yes just do it do it now. All the Best, Al

Hello to all, Well I am back aging with sticky problem pertaining to port light sealant. Yesterday my son and I removed eight leaking port lights that seemed to be glued in place with this white rubbery stuff from hell. Going at it with a chisel, scratch awl and flat head screwdrivers this stuff was...

SO THERE IS MORE THAN ONE WAY TO SKIN A BUNG!
THANKS FOR THE INSIGHT, AL

I have come to the house of knowledge where info is given in good faith. I thank you for the speedy response, now I can move on figure out what a forstner drill but is. Also I like the chisel idea, I did not know that a bung should not be glued in place. Glued in place is a mistake that I would have...

Hello good people of this forum,

Helping a friend to re-bed hand rails and need to remove the wooden plugs to reach the screws underneath. Is there a tool that will do the job with out damaging the handrail ? Any thoughts on this problem would be greatly appreciated. Thanks Al.

Hello, Question, The coach roof is recored and the old skins are epoxied back in place ready to have fiberglass tape applied to the cut edges. Instead of using the fiberglass tape would it be possible to cover the entire coach roof with one layer of 1708 and achieve the same results as if using fibe...

Thanks to all for the good advice, sure beats fumbling around in the dark wondering if I am doing the job right! All The Best Al.

Hello All, Well I am at the point where I am ready to laminate the biaxel cloth to the new record decks and so far I have used 4 gallons of West Systems epoxy and will need to order more. Should I get another 4 gallon Jug? Also when it comes time to fairing the decks is there another product or prod...

Ah yes, I see now, thanks for the heads up!

Sorry for not being more specific about where the fiberglass cloth is to be placed. I have just finished re coring the port side of Triton 496 and in the process of removing the original deck there was some damage done, so after some good expert advice from Tim I am abandoning the idea of recycling ...

Hello all, Well I have another question and I just want to make sure I am going to do this right. I am ready to apply 1708 biaxial cloth to the port side of my Triton and from what I have read, I will need to bevel the edges that the new cloth will be epoxied to. Also two layers of cloth will be nee...

Hi Tim, Thanks for the expert advice, I will go with the new 1708 biaxail cloth! I think it will also eleminate the problems of bonding the old skins with weights that might deform the shape of the deck. More money yes, but a stronger, safer bond will bring peace of mind come splash day and that is ...

Well to start I am in the process of a deck recore job on my Pearson Triton, the port side is ready for new fiberglass cloth to be installed or just reuse the old pices that I cut out. The thing here is that in the process of removing the deck some damaged occurred where some of the laminate was rip...

Grettings Triton 185, In the article written by Brian Cleverly he states that System Three manufactures a special epoxy (SB-112) that acts as a bond between normal epoxy and polester. This makes it possible to use gelcoat over an epoxy repair. Also in his article he mentions the use of a textured pa...

Greetings to everyone in this forum, I have a question about an article posted in Good Old Boat issue of October 2007. The author Brian Cleverly describes the use of gellcoat over epoxy deck repair using a System Three product that would allow the bonding of a gelcoat to an epoxy deck repair. Here i...