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Old 12-10-2017, 08:29 AM
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Originally Posted by tenders View Post
I don’t think you need gaskets around lipped hatches like that either.

Those epoxy sticks are great but they are a little messy, and they harden themselves after a few years. I keep one around but I often end up throwing it away barely used. I find cheap “syringes” of five minute epoxy, and even the small tubes of quick epoxy that Harbor Freight sells, also very useful. They cure a little rubbery, and clearly aren’t as strong as West System, but for firming up the threads in a hole drilled in fiberglass, or patching an unneeded hole in a mast that’s going to be painted, they’re quite adequate.
The reason I like the underwater epoxy sticks is that they can be applied while the leak is in progress. The day Paul's boat was leaking there was water coming in. Scrubbed the area with green scrub pad (that's all we had) and mixed the putty in the palm of my hands. Then pressed it in over the leak and he held pressure on it for 5 minutes...it hardens even if it gets wet. That's the advantage. Leak stopped.
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