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Re: Material: Can you repair the drywell?
By:Sean Dawe
Date: 7/8/2011, 9:29 am
In Response To: Re: Material: Can you repair the drywell? (Wayne One (wwfloyd))

: The gnawing probably has not done any damage. Those slots running
: across top and bottom of the foam bulkhead allow for expansion
: and contraction with temperature. The bulkhead is actually only
: "solid" for about an inch, in the center, and the pest
: doesn't appear to have gotten that deep.

: I think Lexel is what you want to touch up that adhesive, at the
: bottom. Most hardware stores have it in squeeze tubes.

I'm thinking the post is referring to the fact that foam has let loose from the bottom of the hull - and is not referring to the expnasion slots. I'd just force some more sealant - like Lexel - under the bulkhead and then run a bead around the whole thing, just to be sure.

Sean

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Material: Can you repair the drywell? *PIC*
Andrew Sarchus -- 7/5/2011, 7:56 am
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Wayne One (wwfloyd) -- 7/5/2011, 8:26 am
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Sean Dawe -- 7/8/2011, 9:29 am
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Wayne One (wwfloyd) -- 7/8/2011, 9:39 am
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Joe Whitman -- 7/5/2011, 12:11 pm
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Malcolm Schweizer -- 7/5/2011, 1:48 pm
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Andrew Sarchus -- 7/5/2011, 3:17 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 7/5/2011, 5:57 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 7/7/2011, 7:15 am
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Robert N Pruden -- 7/18/2011, 7:17 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 7/19/2011, 1:44 am
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Robert N Pruden -- 7/19/2011, 2:21 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 7/19/2011, 4:15 pm
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Robert N Pruden -- 7/19/2011, 4:32 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 7/20/2011, 8:43 am
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Robert N Pruden -- 7/20/2011, 9:28 am
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Bill Hamm -- 7/21/2011, 7:57 am