Sebastien,
I used butyl tape the last time I removed and revarnished my handrails. It was easy to do and not messy at all. I have had to tighten the handrails several times and deal with the oozing butyl. Fortunately, I can chop it off with a putty knife. No leaks! Jake Jake Brodersen C&C 35 Mk-III "Midnight Mistress Hampton VA From: CnC-List [mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com] On Behalf Of Sébastien Lemieux Sent: Wednesday, November 21, 2012 12:46 PM To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com Subject: Re: Stus-List Cabin handrails Hi Allen, I did this myself last year and had a few surprises along the way. First, the nuts were rather thin and mounted with not too wide washers, a light flare on my socket prevented the socket to properly grab the nut... I had to use pliers from below to keep the nut in place and drill the teck plugs from the handrail and use a screwdriver from the top. Trying to turn the nut using the pliers would simply result in the screw turning freely. When putting the handrail back I reused the same hardware (silly me!). I then discovered that the screws had all been cut to custom lengths but not properly filled. I had to test different screws in different positions and had a hard time getting the nuts to grab the threads that had been damaged by the cut... All this trying to cope with 4200 oozing from the screw. Next time, I would do a complete dry-assembly before putting any 4200. I would probably favour using butyl tape. I would change all the hardware, making sure the nuts could be conveniently removed. I would explore embedding square head screws in the hand rails and permanently seal the top of the screws, that would allow me to do all refinishing in my basement over the winter. cheers, Sébastien Lemieux Merlot X - C&C 30 mk2 1987 Mooney Bay - Lake Champlain
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