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Re: S&G: installing hatches-glue?
By:Randy Knauff
Date: 6/30/2002, 12:42 am
In Response To: Re: S&G: installing hatches-glue? *Pic* (Bobby Curtis)

: Randy

: I recessed Kajak Sport hatches on my strip built Sea Spirit. I protected the
: rim with masking tape then used epoxy thickened with silica powder to glue
: the underside of the rim onto a platform of 3mm Okoume plywood. It worked
: out really well.

: Bobby
It looks like you glued it directly to the bare wood. Did you seal it in any way? Did you glass right up to the edge of the plastic after it was installed?

Thanks for the response.

Randy

Messages In This Thread

S&G: installing hatches-glue?
Randy Knauff -- 6/29/2002, 4:13 pm
Re: S&G: installing hatches-glue?
Brian Nystrom -- 7/1/2002, 12:31 pm
Re: S&G: installing hatches-glue? *Pic*
John Monroe -- 6/30/2002, 5:02 am
Re: S&G: installing hatches-glue? *Pic*
Bobby Curtis -- 6/29/2002, 7:35 pm
Re: S&G: installing hatches-glue?
Randy Knauff -- 6/30/2002, 12:42 am
Re: S&G: installing hatches-glue?
Bobby Curtis -- 6/30/2002, 6:59 am